Accounting for one-third of the garbage produced by a typical household, kitchen waste was targeted for recycling by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) three years ago, though mostly instituted on a small scale in towns and villages.
佔家庭垃圾三分之一的廚餘，由環保署自三年前開始推動回收，但多以鄉鎮為單位小規模的運作。此次人口三百萬的台北市若能夠成功地執行廚餘回收，將是跨出台灣垃圾減量和資源再利用的一大步。