How getting rid of dustbins helped Taiwan
clean up its cities
The more trash bins there are, the cleaner the
streets may look. However, that doesn’t seem to reduce waste at all. In
fact, many people tend to feel less conscious of waste management, and some even
throw out garbage and trash into street trash bins from home. That seems to
have been the situation in Taiwan a few decades ago. When the island nation reached
the point where most of the island’s landfills reached their full capacity, people
were tired and sick of the odor from the landfills and concerned about
environmental problems. Finally, in 1998, reluctant lawmakers pushed by the
public movements passed the Waste Disposal Act to promote recycling and waste
reduction. The government also stopped just collecting and dumping the waste and
removed most of the trash bins from the streets. The results were better in
places where people were more educated about waste management and
recycling.
If you visit the mainland, you’ll see numbers
of trash bins all around and won’t find garbage on the streets any longer. That’s
better for tourists and visitors but what the next step will be?
Read the article and learn how precious the
consumption habits and environmental behaviors of the citizens are.
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