But reclaiming the bottles before they get to the dump "still relies on the consumer," says Allan Yeh, president of the Taiwan Recycling Corporation. Few households, schools, or eateries separate garbage, and throw plastic bottles in with the rest. Even if these can be recovered, the work is messy and difficult.
但要寶特瓶不抵達垃圾場就被中途攔截回收，「還是要靠消費者」，協助環保署企劃寶特瓶回收的再生公司總經理葉德斌說，現在一般家庭或社區、學校、餐廳等均未做垃圾分類，往往將寶特瓶和其他垃圾放一起，即使拾荒者撿拾，也極麻煩且會製造髒亂。