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Taiwan is not merely changing how it manages waste—it is beginning to change how it evaluates products, materials and circular solutions.
Taiwan is not merely changing how it manages waste—it is beginning to change how it evaluates products, materials and circular solutions.
WHY — This is a policy turning point, not a routine legal amendment.
Following years of sustained advocacy and formal appeals from SSBTi and industry partners, Taiwan is beginning to revise its resource-circulation framework from the perspective of international alignment. The significance is that life-cycle thinking—embedded in ISO 14040/14044 for LCA and ISO 14067 for product carbon footprints—is moving closer to the center of domestic environmental governance.
HOW — By moving from end-of-pipe waste treatment toward life-cycle assessment and verifiable product information.
The new framework follows products from design and production through use, recovery and reuse, while introducing green design, recycled-content disclosure, durability, repairability and verification. The Act does not itself establish an EPD system, but it begins to create the policy architecture needed for LCA-based evaluation and EPD-aligned environmental declarations under ISO 14025.
WHAT — Decades of field-proven solutions can now connect to a formal policy pathway.
The SSBTi／CJCHT ecosystem and Global Formosa have accumulated 20–30 years of experience in supply-chain decarbonization, natural solutions and environmental pollution control—from consumable-free air-pollution control to earthworm-based food-waste treatment. These are no longer isolated technologies. Under the revised legal framework, they can be developed into measurable PoCs, traceable datasets, third-party verification and scalable deployment across real application sites.
The opportunity is not simply to describe a solution as “green,” but to prove—through data, life-cycle methodology and verification—that it delivers measurable environmental value.
[Policy Update]
On June 2, 2026, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment announced that the Resource Circulation Promotion Act had passed its third reading in the Legislative Yuan. This is more than a renaming of the Waste Disposal Act: it shifts governance from end-of-pipe waste treatment toward full life-cycle management covering product design, production, consumption, recovery and reuse.
Key Takeaways
- Full life-cycle governance: Product design, production, use, recovery and reuse will be addressed within one regulatory framework.
- Green design requirements: Authorities may require designated products or projects to use design-for-disassembly, simplified materials or minimum recycled-content thresholds.
- Comparable circularity information: Recycled-content ratios, durability, repairability and recycling instructions are expected to move toward formal disclosure and verification.
- Procurement and innovation pathways: Government procurement will prioritize circular products, while regulatory sandboxes can support testing of new materials, recovery systems and business models.
SSBTi / Global Formosa Perspective
For companies, the real threshold is not whether a material is described as “green,” but whether its claims are traceable, comparable and auditable. Global Formosa can support implementation through GRS recycled-material traceability, ZeoGREENs circular materials, three-site demonstrations and ERP/ESG data integration—building a combined framework of materials, sites, data and verification.
Four Actions Companies Can Take Now
- Select one representative product and map its material sources, recycled-content ratio, performance requirements and recovery pathway.
- Map likely future green-design, disclosure, procurement and verification fields into existing ERP and ESG systems.
- Launch one measurable proof of concept to validate the material, site, data and assurance workflow.
- Track the forthcoming rules on designated products, minimum recycled content, circular labels, public procurement and sandbox applications.
Important Note
The parent Act has passed, while detailed regulations remain pending. Companies may state that they are “aligning with the policy direction of the Resource Circulation Promotion Act” or “building regulatory readiness.” They should not claim legal compliance with standards or circular labels that have not yet been issued.
Raymond Wang · SSBTi 2026
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