In the 1990s, in an effort to halt the spread of hepatitis, Taiwanese authorities encouraged the use of disposable dishes in the island’s public eateries. Taiwan is a culture in which people love to eat out. Research shows that approximately 17.7 million people (or 75-percent of Taiwan’s population) eat out every day. The combination of the government’s promotion of plastics use and a love of eating out has resulted in the generation of 59,000 tons of garbage from disposable tableware annua