Executive Yuan approves two draft recycling billsBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNAThe Executive Yuan yesterday unveiled two amendments to laws governing recycling to accomplish circular economy benchmarks as part of Taiwan’s policy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The government has prepared amendments to the Waste Disposal Act (廢棄物清理法) and the Resource Recycling Act (資源循環推動法), including renaming the latter as the resource circulation act, Executive Yuan spokeswoman Michelle Lee (李慧芝) told a post-Cabinet meeting news conference. The bills are to be sent to the Legislative Yuan. The Waste Disposal Act amendments would broaden the law’s mandate to govern the recycling of agricultural and industrial waste, including the handling of inoperative solar panels and wind turbines, officials said. Damaged solar panels are discarded in the Sinjhuang Flood Detention Pond in Chiayi County’s Yijhu Township following a typhoon on July 25 last year.

Source: Taipei Times April 09, 2026 17:15 UTC