Taipei will distribute hot beverages to people who carry their own reusable cups during New Year’s Eve celebrations outside Taipei City Hall in a bid to cut the amount of garbage generated that night.
Taipei Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Liou Ming-lone (劉銘龍) said that the crowds who attended last year’s festivities in Xinyi District (信義), including the Taipei 101 fireworks show, left behind 15.9 tonnes of garbage and 6.73 tonnes of recyclable materials.
However, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), who assumed his post on Thursday last week, said that participants in two previous massive protests in the city — in 2006 to depose then-president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) for corruption and last year to protest the death of a soldier — were able to keep the streets clean.
Ko said people attending the New Year’s Eve celebrations should also be able to “show their civic spirit,” Liou said, prompting the department to set a goal of “cutting refuse in half and doubling the volume of recyclable items.”
The department urged those who plan to attend the celebrations to practice “three noes” — no driving (use public transportation), no glow sticks and no littering — and “three musts” — must prepare their own reusable cups, must prepare reusable bags and must sort their garbage.
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