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In order to integrate the concept of environmental protection into traditional folk customs, the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Taoyuan City Government promotes "Smoke-free Purdue" during the Ghost Festival.
The Taoyuan City Environmental Protection Bureau promotes "smoke-free education", and various government bureaus also respond.
During the Ghost Festival this year, the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Taoyuan City Government called on 3 industrial zones and local manufacturers to implement "smoke-free activities". 20 large temples and 8 communities responded. According to the Environmental Protection Bureau, more than 45,000 people participated in the smoke-free activities. The overall reduction was about 131.43 kilograms of PM10, about 115.84 kilograms of PM2.5 and other air pollutants. The carbon reduction amount reached 4.89 metric tons, which is equivalent to planting 217 trees.
The Environmental Protection Bureau said that the smoke-free puru event was to integrate the concept of environmental protection into traditional folk customs. Most of the people participating in the event believed that "providing baskets of brightly colored naked fruits and vegetables on the table, without removing thick plastic packaging, looks grand and refreshing"; during the sacrifice process, it was advocated to reduce the burning of paper money, promote the donation of Zan Pu products to disadvantaged families, and practice "replacing money with merit, packaging less, burning in moderation, and burning intensively."
This year, many manufacturers in the three industrial zones responded to independent environmentally friendly sacrifices and demonstrated low-carbon sacrifices such as not burning gold paper, using rice instead of gold, or using flowers instead of gold. The Environmental Protection Bureau pointed out that 43 bureaus in the agency department also responded to the policy of environmentally friendly sacrifices and participated in the continued processing of "environmentally friendly creative sacrifices" this year. Competition", instead of traditional gold paper, there are diversified features, such as the Agriculture Bureau combining local agricultural products to produce "Pingzhen Black Pig"-shaped sacrifices, the Tourism and Tourism Bureau stacking "Peach Creative Lanterns" to present tourist highlights, and the Taoyuan Fruit and Vegetable Market Company using various seasonal fruits, vegetables and flowers to build a sacrifice area.
The Environmental Protection Bureau promotes "Smoke-free Purdue" and has received response from many manufacturers.

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