Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an Endorses Taoyuan's Pay-as-You-Throw Waste Fee, Offers to Share Experience

(Central News Agency reporter Chen Yu-ting, Taipei, 15th) Taoyuan City's gradual promotion of a pay-as-you-throw waste fee policy has attracted attention. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an said today that he is very pleased to see Taoyuan respond, noting that Taipei City has reduced household waste by 65% since its implementation and has received international recognition. He is willing to exchange experiences with various counties and cities.

Starting from New Year's Day this year, the Taoyuan City Government implemented a non-household pay-as-you-throw waste fee for government agencies, high schools, and public markets, hoping to improve the quality of waste sorting in agencies and schools, reduce the misplacement of recyclables, and implement source reduction.

Chiang Wan-an was interviewed by the media before attending the "My Carbon Reduction Passbook 2.0" and the 2025 Carbon Reduction Alliance Awards press conference today, stating that he is very pleased to see Taoyuan willing to promote pay-as-you-throw. Since Taipei City implemented it in 2000, household waste has decreased by 65%, and the proportion of recycling has increased from 2% to 66%.

Chiang Wan-an said that these fruitful results have been internationally recognized, so the city government will not only share experiences through the Keelung-Taipei-New Taipei-Taoyuan (Kei-Bei-Bei-Tao) four-city platform but also is willing to exchange with various counties and cities. He believes that all counties and cities can significantly reduce waste through this policy.

Taoyuan City Deputy Mayor Su Chun-pin, who also attended the event, said that Taoyuan City's current per capita daily waste generation is about 0.56 kilograms. In contrast, New Taipei City, which has implemented pay-as-you-throw, is 0.44 kilograms, and Taipei City is 0.32 kilograms, the lowest in Taiwan.

He stated that Taoyuan currently has as many as 310,000 metric tons of waste with nowhere to go, and the population continues to increase, making it an urgent matter to resolve. Pay-as-you-throw can significantly reduce waste and save citizens money, so it should be actively promoted.

Su Chun-pin mentioned in his speech that the pay-as-you-throw waste fee is a policy that the central government should have unified long ago, calling on all county and city governments across the country to implement it. Chiang Wan-an also said that resource recycling and waste sorting have become part of citizens' lives, and he is very pleased to see Taoyuan respond. (Editor: Lin Shu-hui) 20260415

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