Waste Disposal Act Article 5

“Enforcement authority” as referred to in this Act means the environmental protection bureau of a special municipality government, the environmental protection bureau of a county or city government and the public office of a rural township, urban township or city.The enforcement authority shall establish dedicated units for the performance of recycling, clearance, disposal and waste investigation work for general waste.The enforcement authority shall be responsible for the planning of land to be used for the recycling, clearance and disposal of general waste, and shall coordinate with and grant preference to the relevant agencies for the acquisition of the land.The recycling, clearance and disposal of general waste shall be performed by the environmental protection bureau of the special municipality government in special municipalities and by the environmental protection bureau of the provincial city in provincial cities. In counties, the recycling and clearance of general waste shall be performed by the public office of a rural township, urban township or city and the disposal of general waste shall be performed by the environmental protection bureau of the county; when necessary, the county may commission the public office of a rural township, urban township or city to perform disposal work.The environmental protection bureaus of counties shall complete the adjustment of general waste work pursuant to the foregoing regulations prior to July 14, 2004 and shall be in centralized management of said work.The central competent authority shall determine the general waste recycling items in Paragraph 2. However, special municipality, county and city competent authorities may add other general waste recycling items based on special requirements within their jurisdiction areas, and the added items shall be submitted to the central competent authority for future reference.
中文原文 廢棄物清理法第5條
本法所稱執行機關,為直轄市政府環境保護局、縣(市)環境保護局及鄉(鎮、市)公所。
執行機關應設專責單位,辦理一般廢棄物之回收、清除、處理及廢棄物稽查工作。
執行機關應負責規劃一般廢棄物回收、清除、處理用地,並協同相關機關優先配合取得用地。
一般廢棄物之回收、清除、處理,在直轄市由直轄市政府環境保護局為之;在省轄市由省轄市環境保護局為之;在縣由鄉(鎮、市)公所負責回收、清除,由縣環境保護局負責處理,必要時,縣得委託鄉(鎮、市)公所執行處理工作。
中華民國九十三年七月十四日前,縣環境保護局應依前項規定完成一般廢棄物工作調整,由縣環境保護局統一處理。
第二項一般廢棄物回收項目,由中央主管機關定之。
但直轄市、縣(市)主管機關得視轄區內特殊需要,增訂其他一般廢棄物回收項目,報請中央主管機關備查。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.