There has been much concern in Taiwan recently about how waste cooking oil is disposed of. Thus, in accordance with Article 5, Paragraph 6 of the Waste Disposal Act, the EPA has decided to add waste cooking oil to the list of “general waste items that should be recycled by executive agencies,” with the changes coming into immediate effect. Households and non-households (e.g. schools, government agencies, etc.) can henceforth give their waste cooking oil to local environmental protection bureaus or sanitation teams, which are henceforth legally obliged to accept it. The EPA emphasized, now that waste cooking oil is included in the “general waste items that should be recycled by executive agencies,” that sanitation teams are not permitted to refuse it regardless of whether it is from household or non-household sources. The stated executive agencies must also report online before the 15th of every month, through the Central Government Departments and Local Governments Waste Cooking Oil Reporting System, details on volumes of waste cooking oil that have been recycled and reused in their jurisdictions, so that both central and local environmental authorities can have a clear picture of the volume and disposal flow of waste cooking oil. Excerpt from Environmental Policy Monthly, 17 (11)