Taiwan's "trash mountains" that have piled up due to incinerator maintenance are going to be cleared away, the environment ministry says. So far 840,000 tons of trash have piled up around the country.
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00:00Taiwan's so-called trash mountains could disappear by late 2026.
00:05The government says it will spend over 37 million U.S. dollars to get rid of them.
00:10Taiwan has 28 mostly publicly owned waste incinerators.
00:13But since 2017, those have been taken offline on a rotating basis for maintenance and upgrades.
00:19That's left 840,000 tons of trash piled up nationwide.
00:24Environment Minister Peng Qiming has asked Taipei to use its extra capacity to help,
00:29taking in trash from overwhelmed parts of the country to speed up the cleanup process.