The 2023 Taiwan Innotech Expo opened on 12 October with a joint opening ceremony with the Sustainable Development Pavilion’s opening attended by MOENV Deputy Minister Shen Chih-hsiu. The development of innovative resource circulation technology was one of the key policies of the MOENV’s Resource Circulation Administration (RECA). The Circulation and Recycling Area in the expo’s Sustainable Development Pavilion, curated by the RECA, showcased impressive resource circulation technologies of domestic and overseas enterprises. These technologies included the latest in semiconductor waste recycling, non-toxic gold stripping technology for electronic products, the production of laundry detergent made from calcining golden clam shells, the production of environment-friendly tableware made from sugarcane fibers, as well as high-efficiency waste sorting and processing equipment displayed by overseas manufacturers.
Deputy Minister Shen stated that Taiwan announced the 2050 Net-Zero Emission Pathway (2050淨零排放路徑) last year, and one of the key strategies under the MOENV's responsibility was "zero waste through resource circulation." The RECA was also established through government restructuring to take charge of the policy planning and management concerning resource circulation. To promote resource circulation technology and connect the resource circulation industry with waste sources, the MOENV invited eight enterprises specializing in innovative resource circulation technologies to participate in the annual Taiwan Innotech Expo, showcasing their innovations in the Circulation and Recycling Area of the Sustainable Development Pavilion.
RECA Deputy Director-General Wang Yueh-bin also attended the opening ceremony and emphasized his administration's commitment to strengthening resource circulation. The administration's policy focuses on three major circulation strategies and two major driving pillars. The strategies are "green design and source management," "energy and resource circulation," and "waste generation-disposal balance and management." The administration aims to establish a smooth circulation network connecting upstream, midstream, and downstream industries while developing innovative technologies and systems to support and drive resource circulation.
Key exhibits in the Circulation and Recycling Area included:
1) Semisils, a company that recycles silicon-containing waste generated in the semiconductor manufacturing process with nearly zero pollution technology, producing high-value silicon dioxide. The hydrogen generated during the recycling process is purified to 5N (99.999%) green hydrogen and used as green energy.
2) UWin Nanotech, a company that employs a low-carbon, non-toxic “gold stripping technique" to recover gold from electronic products with a purity of 4N (99.99%).
3) ShiowLin Environmental Technology, a company that processes hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, and ammonia-containing mixed acid and converting them into resources.
4) Transcene, a company that recycles waste semiconductor packaging adhesive into electronic-grade spherical silicon dioxide.
5) Inm Bem Industrial, a company that recycles semiconductor packaging scraps and develops 100% recyclable green building materials that mimic real wood.
6) Picupi International, a company that recycles and calcines golden clam shells for the production of laundry detergent.
7) Renouvo, a company that developed biodegradable tableware from sugarcane fibers. 8) The Austrian company Komptech GmbH was invited to exhibit high-efficiency waste sorting and processing equipment.
Excerpt from Major Environmental Policies, October 2023
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- Ministry of Environment
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