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The Municipal Tourism Bureau held an online briefing session to analyze and clarify the restrictions on one-time use of lodging supplies 2023/08/24
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In order to comply with the international plastic reduction trend and effectively reduce waste from the source, the Ministry of the Environment (formerly known as the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan) announced on July 17, 2012, "Restricted Use Objects and Implementation Methods of Disposable Travel Supplies". Since 114 From now on, all accommodation businesses will be restricted from providing shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, and lotion with a capacity of less than 180 ml. At the same time, personal hygiene such as combs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, shaving foam, and shower caps will not be displayed. Supplies are provided for consumers to use freely. The Tainan City Government is also currently legalizing the "Tainan City Net Zero Sustainable City Management Autonomous Regulations". Provide one-time lodging supplies (whether paid for or not). As the self-government regulations are more standardized to implement waste reduction and plastic reduction, in order to help the hotel industry better understand the content of the regulations and respond to control measures as soon as possible, the Municipal Tourism and Tourism Bureau held an online briefing on the 23rd to explain in detail the provisions of the central and self-government draft regulations , Also ask the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau to help clarify doubts online.

Mayor Huang Weizhe pointed out that the city government has long promoted garbage classification and reduction. In some administrative areas, the reduction of garbage collection from 6 days a week to 4 days on Sundays has been implemented for many years. He actively encourages citizens to implement resource recycling to achieve waste reduction. However, Tainan City has recently performed well in the occupancy rate of the hotel industry, and relatively produces a large amount of waste. Facing the future trend, it is bound to move towards sustainable tourism. Plastic. In response to the central control measures for single-use lodging supplies, Mayor Huang Weizhe ordered the Municipal Tourism Bureau and the Environmental Protection Bureau to strengthen publicity to the hotel industry and tourists. The city government is also in the process of legalizing the "Tainan City Net Zero Sustainable Urban Management Autonomous Regulations". The draft norms will be more implemented than the control measures announced by the central government. It is hoped that the hotel industry and tourists will contribute to the environment and sustainable development. effort.

Lin Guohua from the Tourism and Tourism Bureau stated that the Ministry of the Environment announced on July 17, 2012 the "Restricted Use Objects and Implementation Methods of Disposable Travel Supplies", stipulating that the hotel industry and other lodging industries shall not use containers smaller than 180ml from January 1, 2014. Provide 4 small bottles (i.e. shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and lotion, etc. 4 categories), and 6 small items (comb, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, shaving foam and shower cap) are not available for free use. The city government has notified the content of the regulations announced by the central government as soon as possible, and strengthened the publicity to the hotel industry through this online briefing.

As for the hotel operators who are very concerned about the "Tainan City Net Zero Sustainable Urban Management Autonomous Regulations", the Tourism and Tourism Bureau of the Municipal Government specially explained the content of the draft regulations and the progress of the legislation in an online briefing session. Director Lin Guohua further explained that the self-government regulations will restrict the hotel industry from providing free one-time lodging supplies (including 6 small items such as combs, toothbrushes, and razors, and 4 small bottles of shampoo and shower gel less than 180 ml) from the effective date. , and should provide a preferential plan for consumers to bring their own non-disposable hotel supplies. In addition, the self-government regulations also stipulate that from January 1, 2015, no one-time lodging supplies should be provided regardless of whether payment is made or not.
Director Lin Guohua added that since the regulation of the self-government regulations is more effective in reducing waste and plastic than the measures announced by the central government, the implementation schedule is also different from some regulations. Businessmen's questions. The material of this explanatory meeting will also be announced on the administrative service website of the Tourism Bureau , please download and use it for the hotel industry. The Tourism and Tourism Bureau continues to keep abreast of the legislative progress of the self-government regulations, and calls on the hotel industry to plan early response measures. The Tourism and Tourism Bureau team will work together with all hotel operators for sustainable tourism.

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