Ministry unveils new targets to reduce plasticSTEP-BY-STEP: First, the environment ministry would urge companies to adopt green designs for packaging before enacting new restrictions, it saidBy Wu Po-hsuan and Esme Yeh / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ministry of Environment yesterday announced new plastic reduction targets of 5 percent by 2030 and 10 percent by 2035 from last year, with plastic wrapping for e-commerce and retail products to be restricted. Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming (彭?明) said the ministry has been promoting plastic reduction and restriction since 2018, but most targets went unmet over the past seven years, with disposable beverage cups being the only item included in a full-scale plastic ban. Given that previous regulations have reached a bottleneck, the ministry updated its targets for the next decade, he said. In addition to banning or restricting plastic use, the ministry would also enhance “user pays” mechanisms, introduce economic incentives, expand regulation scale and expand plastic reduction education, he said. Plastic wrapping for retail and e-commerce goods would be targets for reduction, as well as plastic bags, straws, beverage cups and disposable utensils, Resource Circulation Administration Director-General Lai Ying-ying (賴瑩瑩) said.

Source: Taipei Times December 29, 2025 16:45 UTC