Although plastic products can last for years without breaking or wearing out, for many years well informed people have vigorously advocated following the example of Western European countries by banning or restricting them. But Taiwan is known as a petrochemicals kingdom, where plastic products are cheap to make and cheap to buy.
多年來，對於陳年不壞的塑膠製品，有識之士多半力主仿效西歐國家禁用或加以限制，但台灣號稱石化王國，塑膠成本低廉、價格便宜，在台灣被濫用的情形舉世聞名。