In celebration of Mother’s Day on Sunday, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) yesterday held a ceremony for winners of the Mother’s Day Green Packaging Design Competition.
Transworld Institute of Technology’s Sun Han-chiang (孫漢強) — whose mother suffers from hand dermatitis — won one of the three top prizes for his creation, seven pairs of rubber washing gloves strung together to resemble the scales on a Japanese carp windsock.
Besides Sun, other winners included high school student Ho Wen-hsin (何文馨), who wrapped shampoo bottles in a piece of dried loofah so that it could be used to wash dishes.
“My mother always has to do household chores with rubber gloves on,” Sun said, when asked about his inspiration.
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology student Wang Ying-chi (王盈之) designed a biodegradable plastic container used to package scarves that can be converted into a hanging shelf for ties and scarves.
Since 2005, the EPA had been campaigning against overpackaging, EPA Deputy Minister Chang Feng-teng (張豐藤) said.
“We have calculated that an estimated 7,300 tonnes of packaging materials can be saved annually, which would be a 27 percent reduction,” he said.
This year’s contest received 106 entries, Chang said. In addition to medals, the top honor winners will receive NT$6,000 each, he said.
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