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Taiwan s Covid-19 curbs drive spike in food packaging waste

. 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

Taiwan s COVID-19 curbs drive spike in food packaging waste by Reuters Friday, 23 July 2021 01:00 GMT About our Food coverage We explore the challenges of ending hunger and malnutrition as food production adjusts to a warming world Share: 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.

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Taiwan’s COVID-19 curbs drive spike in food packaging waste By Syndicated Content By Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (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. 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 85% compared to the same period last year.

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