Motorists discard cigarette butts and beverage containers along roadsides. Millions of people consume fossil fuels and single-use plastics, without stopping to think about the long-term impact on the planet. As recently as 2020, at least 126 companies were discharging pollutants into northern Taiwan’s Tamsui River (淡水河) and surely most of them knew what they were doing.
Stricter enforcement of existing laws could reduce littering and polluting, but carrots and sticks aren’t the only tools available to policymakers. Taiwan’s government hopes that, by educating its citizens, the country can move closer to some of its environmental goals.
<strong>ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION</strong>
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