Still, a number of scholars, including Hsiao Tai-chi, an associate research fellow in the Institute of Economics at Academia Sinica, maintain that the bureau should have more confidence in the public instead of taking the easy way out by tacking the fees on to utility bills.
包括中研院經濟研究所副研究員蕭代基在內的多位學者則以為，主管單位不應對大眾沒有信心，只想挑簡單的路走﹘﹘由水電費中徵收垃圾費；如此無法控制垃圾量，向大眾徵收的費用也會逐年提高。