Nantou County does not have its own waste incineration plant, so most of the garbage is sent to the Taichung City incineration plant for disposal. However, in recent years, the Taichung incineration plant has been shut down for annual maintenance, leaving Nantou County with no place to send its waste. As a result, garbage has piled up into mountains, with some areas even seeing "garbage waterfalls." The county government is urging the central authorities to assist with waste management and plan for the construction of an incineration plant to resolve the growing waste problem.