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Taiwan has one of the world's most efficient recycling systems
Taiwan was once known as Garbage Island. Now, it has an impressive recycling rate of 55%.

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Taiwan was once known as Garbage Island. Now, it has an impressive recycling rate of 55%.

Taiwan doesn’t have garbage day once a week when the trash-bags kept outside are picked up. Instead, yellow garbage trucks blasting classical music collect trash several times a week. These trucks are followed by open-bed recycling trucks.

People hurry out of their homes when they hear the music and proceed to toss their garbage into the trucks, on the basis of general refuse, raw food waste, cooked food waste, and other categories including plastic and paper.


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Taiwan: The World’s Geniuses of Garbage Disposal
How the island, with landfills not far from capacity, became one of the world-wide leaders in recycling.

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But other than musical trash trucks, Taiwan also has other checks in place to maintain its recycling system.

Raw food waste is composted for further use as fertilizers by farmers, while cooked food waste is processed into food for pigs and other farm animals.

Landfills containing household and industrial waste have been found to release toxic chemicals and harmful greenhouse gases into the natural environment, potentially destroying ecosystems. Recycling garbage helps to reduce the negative impact that landfills sites have, as well as the pollution caused by waste.

In Taiwan’s capital Taipei there are more than 4,000 pickup spots five nights a week, with mobile apps that let users track the trucks and alert them whenever a garbage truck is nearby.

There are also several policies that, if violated, could be met with fines or public humiliation.

One of these rules involves compulsory disposal of all non-recyclable waste in government-certified blue bags that have to be bought.

Some areas have installed video cameras, used to catch violators. First time violators are given a warning, but the second time, the video footage is posted with the offender’s face blurred out. This serves as incentive to the offender to not violate the rules again.

Fines are also charged, and half the value of the total fines collected are sometimes offered to citizens who turn in evidence that help authorities catch violators.

Waste is also sometimes turned into art installations, like the nine storeyed EcoArk pavilion built out of recycled plastic bottles.

EcoArk recycled plastic bottle wall.jpg
Image: 準建築人手札網站 Forgemind ArchiMedia

Last month, artist Chin Chih Yang displayed his ‘Kill Me or Change’ solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It involved Yang being buried in 30,000 aluminium cans in order to raise awareness about the importance of recycling.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, a third of all food produced worldwide, worth US $1 trillion, is wasted. If countries around the world use effective waste reduction and garbage disposal systems, it could ensure a cleaner environment. It could also help feed some of the 795 million people in the world that don’t have enough food to lead a healthy life. 

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Taiwan was once known as Garbage Island. Now, it has an impressive recycling rate of 55%.

Taiwan doesn’t have garbage day once a week when the trash-bags kept outside are picked up. Instead, yellow garbage trucks blasting classical music collect trash several times a week. These trucks are followed by open-bed recycling trucks.

People hurry out of their homes when they hear the music and proceed to toss their garbage into the trucks, on the basis of general refuse, raw food waste, cooked food waste, and other categories including plastic and paper.


The Wall Street Journal
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 Taiwan: the world’s geniuses of garbage disposal http://on.wsj.com/27xDQrw 

11:45 AM - May 18, 2016
Taiwan: the world’s geniuses of garbage disposal
Taiwan: The World’s Geniuses of Garbage Disposal
How the island, with landfills not far from capacity, became one of the world-wide leaders in recycling.

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But other than musical trash trucks, Taiwan also has other checks in place to maintain its recycling system.

Raw food waste is composted for further use as fertilizers by farmers, while cooked food waste is processed into food for pigs and other farm animals.

Landfills containing household and industrial waste have been found to release toxic chemicals and harmful greenhouse gases into the natural environment, potentially destroying ecosystems. Recycling garbage helps to reduce the negative impact that landfills sites have, as well as the pollution caused by waste.

In Taiwan’s capital Taipei there are more than 4,000 pickup spots five nights a week, with mobile apps that let users track the trucks and alert them whenever a garbage truck is nearby.

There are also several policies that, if violated, could be met with fines or public humiliation.

One of these rules involves compulsory disposal of all non-recyclable waste in government-certified blue bags that have to be bought.

Some areas have installed video cameras, used to catch violators. First time violators are given a warning, but the second time, the video footage is posted with the offender’s face blurred out. This serves as incentive to the offender to not violate the rules again.

Fines are also charged, and half the value of the total fines collected are sometimes offered to citizens who turn in evidence that help authorities catch violators.

Waste is also sometimes turned into art installations, like the nine storeyed EcoArk pavilion built out of recycled plastic bottles.

EcoArk recycled plastic bottle wall.jpg
Image: 準建築人手札網站 Forgemind ArchiMedia

Last month, artist Chin Chih Yang displayed his ‘Kill Me or Change’ solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It involved Yang being buried in 30,000 aluminium cans in order to raise awareness about the importance of recycling.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, a third of all food produced worldwide, worth US $1 trillion, is wasted. If countries around the world use effective waste reduction and garbage disposal systems, it could ensure a cleaner environment. It could also help feed some of the 795 million people in the world that don’t have enough food to lead a healthy life. 

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Taiwan has one of the world's most efficient recycling systems
Taiwan was once known as Garbage Island. Now, it has an impressive recycling rate of 55%.

jfahler
Taiwan was once known as Garbage Island. Now, it has an impressive recycling rate of 55%.

Taiwan doesn’t have garbage day once a week when the trash-bags kept outside are picked up. Instead, yellow garbage trucks blasting classical music collect trash several times a week. These trucks are followed by open-bed recycling trucks.

People hurry out of their homes when they hear the music and proceed to toss their garbage into the trucks, on the basis of general refuse, raw food waste, cooked food waste, and other categories including plastic and paper.


The Wall Street Journal
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 Taiwan: the world’s geniuses of garbage disposal http://on.wsj.com/27xDQrw 

11:45 AM - May 18, 2016
Taiwan: the world’s geniuses of garbage disposal
Taiwan: The World’s Geniuses of Garbage Disposal
How the island, with landfills not far from capacity, became one of the world-wide leaders in recycling.

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But other than musical trash trucks, Taiwan also has other checks in place to maintain its recycling system.

Raw food waste is composted for further use as fertilizers by farmers, while cooked food waste is processed into food for pigs and other farm animals.

Landfills containing household and industrial waste have been found to release toxic chemicals and harmful greenhouse gases into the natural environment, potentially destroying ecosystems. Recycling garbage helps to reduce the negative impact that landfills sites have, as well as the pollution caused by waste.

In Taiwan’s capital Taipei there are more than 4,000 pickup spots five nights a week, with mobile apps that let users track the trucks and alert them whenever a garbage truck is nearby.

There are also several policies that, if violated, could be met with fines or public humiliation.

One of these rules involves compulsory disposal of all non-recyclable waste in government-certified blue bags that have to be bought.

Some areas have installed video cameras, used to catch violators. First time violators are given a warning, but the second time, the video footage is posted with the offender’s face blurred out. This serves as incentive to the offender to not violate the rules again.

Fines are also charged, and half the value of the total fines collected are sometimes offered to citizens who turn in evidence that help authorities catch violators.

Waste is also sometimes turned into art installations, like the nine storeyed EcoArk pavilion built out of recycled plastic bottles.

EcoArk recycled plastic bottle wall.jpg
Image: 準建築人手札網站 Forgemind ArchiMedia

Last month, artist Chin Chih Yang displayed his ‘Kill Me or Change’ solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It involved Yang being buried in 30,000 aluminium cans in order to raise awareness about the importance of recycling.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, a third of all food produced worldwide, worth US $1 trillion, is wasted. If countries around the world use effective waste reduction and garbage disposal systems, it could ensure a cleaner environment. It could also help feed some of the 795 million people in the world that don’t have enough food to lead a healthy life. 

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Taiwan has one of the world's most efficient recycling systems
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Taiwan was once known as Garbage Island. Now, it has an impressive recycling rate of 55%.

Taiwan doesn’t have garbage day once a week when the trash-bags kept outside are picked up. Instead, yellow garbage trucks blasting classical music collect trash several times a week. These trucks are followed by open-bed recycling trucks.

People hurry out of their homes when they hear the music and proceed to toss their garbage into the trucks, on the basis of general refuse, raw food waste, cooked food waste, and other categories including plastic and paper.


The Wall Street Journal
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 Taiwan: the world’s geniuses of garbage disposal http://on.wsj.com/27xDQrw 

11:45 AM - May 18, 2016
Taiwan: the world’s geniuses of garbage disposal
Taiwan: The World’s Geniuses of Garbage Disposal
How the island, with landfills not far from capacity, became one of the world-wide leaders in recycling.

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But other than musical trash trucks, Taiwan also has other checks in place to maintain its recycling system.

Raw food waste is composted for further use as fertilizers by farmers, while cooked food waste is processed into food for pigs and other farm animals.

Landfills containing household and industrial waste have been found to release toxic chemicals and harmful greenhouse gases into the natural environment, potentially destroying ecosystems. Recycling garbage helps to reduce the negative impact that landfills sites have, as well as the pollution caused by waste.

In Taiwan’s capital Taipei there are more than 4,000 pickup spots five nights a week, with mobile apps that let users track the trucks and alert them whenever a garbage truck is nearby.

There are also several policies that, if violated, could be met with fines or public humiliation.

One of these rules involves compulsory disposal of all non-recyclable waste in government-certified blue bags that have to be bought.

Some areas have installed video cameras, used to catch violators. First time violators are given a warning, but the second time, the video footage is posted with the offender’s face blurred out. This serves as incentive to the offender to not violate the rules again.

Fines are also charged, and half the value of the total fines collected are sometimes offered to citizens who turn in evidence that help authorities catch violators.

Waste is also sometimes turned into art installations, like the nine storeyed EcoArk pavilion built out of recycled plastic bottles.

EcoArk recycled plastic bottle wall.jpg
Image: 準建築人手札網站 Forgemind ArchiMedia

Last month, artist Chin Chih Yang displayed his ‘Kill Me or Change’ solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It involved Yang being buried in 30,000 aluminium cans in order to raise awareness about the importance of recycling.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, a third of all food produced worldwide, worth US $1 trillion, is wasted. If countries around the world use effective waste reduction and garbage disposal systems, it could ensure a cleaner environment. It could also help feed some of the 795 million people in the world that don’t have enough food to lead a healthy life. 

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Taiwan was once known as Garbage Island. Now, it has an impressive recycling rate of 55%.

Taiwan doesn’t have garbage day once a week when the trash-bags kept outside are picked up. Instead, yellow garbage trucks blasting classical music collect trash several times a week. These trucks are followed by open-bed recycling trucks.

People hurry out of their homes when they hear the music and proceed to toss their garbage into the trucks, on the basis of general refuse, raw food waste, cooked food waste, and other categories including plastic and paper.


The Wall Street Journal
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@WSJ
 Taiwan: the world’s geniuses of garbage disposal http://on.wsj.com/27xDQrw 

11:45 AM - May 18, 2016
Taiwan: the world’s geniuses of garbage disposal
Taiwan: The World’s Geniuses of Garbage Disposal
How the island, with landfills not far from capacity, became one of the world-wide leaders in recycling.

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But other than musical trash trucks, Taiwan also has other checks in place to maintain its recycling system.

Raw food waste is composted for further use as fertilizers by farmers, while cooked food waste is processed into food for pigs and other farm animals.

Landfills containing household and industrial waste have been found to release toxic chemicals and harmful greenhouse gases into the natural environment, potentially destroying ecosystems. Recycling garbage helps to reduce the negative impact that landfills sites have, as well as the pollution caused by waste.

In Taiwan’s capital Taipei there are more than 4,000 pickup spots five nights a week, with mobile apps that let users track the trucks and alert them whenever a garbage truck is nearby.

There are also several policies that, if violated, could be met with fines or public humiliation.

One of these rules involves compulsory disposal of all non-recyclable waste in government-certified blue bags that have to be bought.

Some areas have installed video cameras, used to catch violators. First time violators are given a warning, but the second time, the video footage is posted with the offender’s face blurred out. This serves as incentive to the offender to not violate the rules again.

Fines are also charged, and half the value of the total fines collected are sometimes offered to citizens who turn in evidence that help authorities catch violators.

Waste is also sometimes turned into art installations, like the nine storeyed EcoArk pavilion built out of recycled plastic bottles.

EcoArk recycled plastic bottle wall.jpg
Image: 準建築人手札網站 Forgemind ArchiMedia

Last month, artist Chin Chih Yang displayed his ‘Kill Me or Change’ solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It involved Yang being buried in 30,000 aluminium cans in order to raise awareness about the importance of recycling.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, a third of all food produced worldwide, worth US $1 trillion, is wasted. If countries around the world use effective waste reduction and garbage disposal systems, it could ensure a cleaner environment. It could also help feed some of the 795 million people in the world that don’t have enough food to lead a healthy life. 

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The threats faced by our ocean planet may seem overwhelming. In the face of pollution, climate change, overfishing, and other daunting problems, what you can do on your own may seem like a drop in the bucket. But if we begin working together now, we can make a huge difference. Here are some ways to get started:

Make the Connection
The first step in making a difference is learning about the ocean and how your actions have an impact. Keep reading to learn everyday things you can do to help protect and restore the seas. And don't forget to share what you've learned with friends and family.

All water on Earth is connected. Even if you don't live near the coast, water that goes down your drain or runs off from your yard can eventually make its way into the ocean. The Mississippi River, for example, is like a giant funnel collecting water from thousands of smaller rivers and streams. It drains 41 percent of the continental U.S. into the Gulf of Mexico. Because of run-off from farms and fields, the Gulf now experiences large annual dead zones, or areas with so little oxygen that sea life cannot survive there. You can help keep the ocean-and other waterways-healthy by reducing your family's use of chemicals inside and out.

On the table: Look for fruits and vegetables that are grown without pesticides (and don't spray them in your own garden). Pesticides contain toxins that can run off into the sea and harm marine life. Also look for produce grown in season and close to where you live. A lot of energy is wasted in transporting foods from far away or growing them in greenhouses at the wrong time of year. See tip number five below to find out how our energy use affects the ocean.
Trim Down Trash
Remember that trash we "throw away" doesn't disappear. And moving water-whether waves on the beach, the stream running through your neighborhood, or rainwater flowing toward the storm drain-can carry loose trash to the ocean. Garbage, especially plastic, is a major hazard for marine animals. Sea birds, turtles, seals, and other animals can mistake floating plastic for food or become tangled in it and die. Help prevent this by curbing your family's throwaway habits.

Garbage patrol: Never litter (inland, on the beach, or from a boat), and participate in beach or waterway clean ups to help stop the flow of trash into the ocean.

When it comes to many of our once-favorite seafoods, there aren't plenty more fish in the sea. In fact, scientists estimate that up to 90 percent of large predatory fish (those that eat other animals-and usually end up on our dinner plates) have disappeared since humans began heavy fishing. Marine animals are also caught and sold for aquariums and as souvenirs. You can avoid trouble by only buying products that you know were sustainably harvested. (Sustainable means that the species can maintain a healthy population and the natural balance is not disrupted by harvesting.

Choose pets carefully: If you have a salt-water aquarium, make sure you ask where and how the animals you buy were collected. Look for the Marine Aquarium Council's Certification in pet stores to find animals that were carefully harvested and well cared for. And never release an unwanted pet into the ocean or any waterway. Organisms that don't belong can crowd out the locals and disrupt the ecosystem.

Select sea-friendly souvenirs: Steer clear of jewelry, mementos, and products made from marine animals or animal parts, including shells and-especially-coral.

When we burn fossil fuels (like oil, gas, or coal) to power our homes, businesses, and cars, we are adding the gas carbon dioxide to the air. The blanket of carbon dioxide we've been building for over a hundred years acts like a greenhouse, trapping more of the sun's heat. More heat means a warmer ocean, which is taking its toll on marine life. It also causes the ocean to become more acidic, which makes it hard for organisms like corals and clams to build their skeletons and shells. You can help slow global warming and ocean acidification by reducing your "carbon footprint"-the amount of carbon dioxide released as you go about your daily activities.

A trip to the beach or out on the water to snorkel or fish is a great way to learn more about the ocean and celebrate all it does for us. But when you visit, make sure you are not causing harm. Remember that every terrain is important to marine life-and to us!

On the sand: When walking on sand dunes, be careful of any grasses and plants growing there. Living plants help hold sand in place. Dead plants and seaweed provide fertilizer. Both should be left alone.

In the shallows: On rocky shores, the shallow "tidepools" that are exposed when the tide is out, can be a great place to look for interesting marine life. But be careful not to trample on these fragile critters and their homes. Look, but don't touch.

Near the reef: When snorkeling or diving, never touch the reef! Corals and other animals are fragile and easily killed by a grasping hand or careless flipper. Also never feed or handle marine animals.

In open water: When boating, be very careful where you anchor. Anchors can scar reefs and rip out seagrass beds, which provide food and shelter for many species. Where permanent anchoring buoys are provided, use them.

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The threats faced by our ocean planet may seem overwhelming. In the face of pollution, climate change, overfishing, and other daunting problems, what you can do on your own may seem like a drop in the bucket. But if we begin working together now, we can make a huge difference.