General household lighting sources will be incorporated into recycling

In order to avoid environmental pollution and ensure the fairness of the lighting source responsible manufacturers, the Taiwan Regional Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter referred to as the “EPA”) recently reminded that general household LED lighting sources should be included in the announcement of the recycling project and implemented from July 1, 2015.

The EPA issued a press release stating that, in recent years, lighting sources have promoted the use of LED lighting sources in households as a result of the promotion of environmental protection and energy conservation. The market share has risen due to the presence of harmful substances (batteries, wires, circuit boards, etc.) Announcement should be recycled, early planning and proper recycling methods, fear of causing environmental pollution.

Zheng Yulin, deputy director of the EPA, pointed out that, including direct fluorescent tubes, fluorescent tube loops, ballasts with built-in fluorescent bulbs, compact fluorescent tubes, and incandescent bulbs, Taichung City recovered 500,000 4,012 kilograms from January to November last year.

At present, most of the lighting sources have been incorporated into the current announcement of the recycling project. In order to recycle the product after disposal, and to consider the fairness of the lighting source responsible manufacturers, the EPA has amended “the goods or their packaging containers and their suppliers who are responsible for the recovery and removal processing. "Scope" announcement, adding general household LED lighting sources for the announcement should be recycled items.

The EPA said that through this announcement amendment, the lighting source recovery project will be expanded. If the general household LED lighting source needs to be recycled, it can be recycled by the clean team recycling vehicle or recycler. The system avoids environmental pollution and promotes the recycling of resources. Manufacturers and importers should be responsible for the registration of the responsible companies, the recycling of the labels, the declared turnover, and the payment of the recovery and removal processing fees.