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TAIPEI - Taiwan has become inundated with waste after a surge Covid-19 cases prompted movement curbs that led to a spike in online shopping and food deliveries and that is threatening to set back efforts to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic.
Taiwan has been dealing with an outbreak of community Covid-19 transmissions since April after months of few domestic infections and has since mid-May been under curbs that limited personal gatherings and curtailed restaurants to take-out service.
Lin Yu-huei, head of recycling at Taipei s Department of Environmental Protection, said the amount of discarded take-out containers in the capital Taipei between January and May increased by 85per cent compared to the same period last year.
Taiwan s COVID-19 curbs drive spike in food packaging waste by Reuters
Friday, 23 July 2021 01:00 GMT
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By Fabian Hamacher
TAIPEI, July 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan has become inundated with waste after a surge COVID-19 cases prompted movement curbs that led to a spike in online shopping and food deliveries and that is threatening to set back efforts to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic.
Taiwan has been dealing with an outbreak of community COVID-19 transmissions since April after months of few domestic infections and has since mid-May been under curbs that limited personal gatherings and curtailed restaurants to take-out service.
Taiwanâs COVID-19 curbs drive spike in food packaging waste By Syndicated Content
By Fabian Hamacher
TAIPEI (Reuters) â Taiwan has become inundated with waste after a surge COVID-19 cases prompted movement curbs that led to a spike in online shopping and food deliveries and that is threatening to set back efforts to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic.
Taiwan has been dealing with an outbreak of community COVID-19 transmissions since April after months of few domestic infections and has since mid-May been under curbs that limited personal gatherings and curtailed restaurants to take-out service.
Lin Yu-huei, head of recycling at Taipeiâs Department of Environmental Protection, said the amount of discarded take-out containers in the capital Taipei between January and May increased by 85% compared to the same period last year.
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