Landfills in Taiwan

[2] Due to the land scarcity in Taiwan, building new landfills is difficult and is often met with opposition from nearby residents.

There are also many illegal landfills in Taiwan which do not meet the minimum standard requirement.

In summer 1997, trash were pilling up on the streets of Zhongli City, Taoyuan County for several weeks due to the unavailability of new landfills.

[1] The Environmental Protection Administration stated in 2011 that they would excavate old landfills for some materials and energy recovery, as well as adding bio-energy to the incinerator plants around Taiwan.

[9] In 2017, AU Optronics won a tender to construct a 3.5 MW photovoltaic power station in a former landfill site at Guanmiao District, Tainan.