Central Taiwan News Center / Reporter Wu Xi-Bing, Taichung
The Taichung City Environmental Protection Bureau has invested NT$130 million this year to implement the “Municipal Waste Sorting and Baling Project.” The initiative targets waste temporarily stored at the Dali Landfill, where it is compressed and baled to significantly reduce its volume. This approach also minimizes environmental impacts such as odor and litter dispersion. Once upgrades to the incineration facilities are completed, the baled waste will be gradually transported to incineration plants for processing.
Taichung Environmental Protection Bureau, Environmental Facilities Division Chief Tsai Te-Yi stated, “After the combustible materials are compressed and baled, we stack and cover them neatly to prevent odors and waste from scattering. The operation is currently progressing smoothly.” Following preliminary shredding and sorting to recover recyclables and remove non-combustible materials, the volume of compressed waste is greatly reduced, helping to control odor and litter and significantly lessening environmental impacts. Since trial operations began on November 27 at the Dali Landfill, a total of 1,439 metric tons of waste have been processed, producing 1,149 baled units—substantially improving the landfill’s appearance and sanitary conditions.
Division Chief Tsai Te-Yi further explained, “This project involves a total investment of NT$130 million and is expected to handle 80,000 metric tons of waste, producing up to 42,000 metric tons of baled material.” With the Wenshan Incineration Plant soon to undergo renovation and upgrades, the city government has initiated the waste sorting and baling project ahead of time to enhance flexibility in waste management and strengthen the municipality’s overall waste-treatment capacity while safeguarding environmental sanitation.