Because Taiwan is small, the damage from plastic bottles is greater than many countries. But a ban on them could never get off the ground. So regulations need to be more strict than elsewhere.
環保署廢棄物管理處技正施正元則表示，台灣面積小，寶特瓶造成的環境衝擊比許多國家大，但它又是極方便、好用的產品，不准它生產說不過去，因此規定必須比他國嚴格。