考慮消耗性資源日益耗竭，資源回收已成為解決垃圾管理問題的一種重要管理工具。在廠商延伸性責任(Extended Producer Responsibility, EPR)的觀念下，臺灣於1998年在環保署下成立資源回收基金會，負責推動各種產品在使用過後報廢品（end of life）的回收。本計畫擬對廠商延伸性責任的實施，分別檢視產品鍊上的產品生產者、消費者、資源回收者的反應。本計畫主要探討分析各類報廢品及一般資源垃圾的回收績效，並發展出數學模式，分析回收費或資源稅的徵收，對產品鍊上各角色（商品廠商、回收商以及消費者）行為的影響。本計畫為一年期計畫，至今為止，已經完成一篇論文，如附錄，已投稿國際期刊。尚有部分資料還在整理中，預計字在外來一年內，可以再完成1-2篇期刊論文，並考慮投稿於國際期刊。另外，本計畫的實施，也提供學生參與計畫，瞭解如何觀察問題，如何切入問題並加以解決。也讓學生有更多的機會與師長互動，對於培養學生的學術研究能力，應該會有相當大的助益。
Considering the continual reduction of exhaustible resources conservation, recycling is widely recognized as an important strategy to improve the environmental pressure. In 1998, Recycling Fund Management Board was established under the control of Taiwan EPA to be in charge of various activities in association with waste recycling. The major purpose of this project is to evaluate the performance of all the recyclables in Taiwan and to examine the impact of resources on the product producers and recyclers behaviors. In this project, we present a mathematical model to analyze the optimal resources level to encourage the product producer to redesign the packaging for the achievement of a more environmental friendly pattern. In the past one year, an article is completed and submitted to an international journal. More papers can be completed in the coming year. The implementation of this project also yields some additional benefits including the training of research methods on students.
