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Environmental Sanitation Keep Cigarette Butts Off the Ground

Pursuant to Article 67 of the Waste Disposal Act:

  1. For acts that violate this Act, the public may address detailed facts or submit proof to report to the local enforcement authority or competent authority.
  2. For the reporting in the foregoing paragraph, if the competent authority or enforcement authority verifies that it is true and imposes fines; as the fines reach specific amounts, it may allot a specific percentage of the actual collected fines as reward for the informants.
  3. The reporting and reward regulations in the foregoing paragraph shall be determined by the special municipality, county or city competent authority. 。
Encouraging the public to report cigarette butt littering-1
Encouraging the public to report cigarette butt littering-2
Public reporting of cigarette butt littering
Strengthening Environmental Inspections, Citations, and Penalties

Pursuant to Article 27, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 of the Waste Disposal Act, the following acts are strictly prohibited within designated clearance areas: the spitting of phlegm or betel nut juice or fiber or discarding of waste paper, cigarette butts, chewing gum, fruit or the skin, pit or juice thereof, or other general waste. In accordance with Article 50 of the same Act, any person committing one of the acts specified in Article 27 shall be fined between NT$1,200 and NT$100,000. If the violation continues after the end of the designated time period, then continuous daily fines shall be imposed.