More than 1,600 people have been affected by Typhoon Chiangpit in Taichung. Garbage collection and transportation will be carried out at regular intervals and at designated locations next year.

The strong winds brought by Typhoon Qiangbi are wreaking havoc in Taichung. In the past two days, more than 1,600 disasters have been reported, including collapsed road trees. Taichung City has declared a typhoon holiday for two consecutive days and stopped garbage collection on the 23rd and 24th. In order to assist people in post-disaster recovery and To alleviate the situation where household garbage and food waste collection has been suspended for two days, Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan has instructed the Environmental Protection Bureau to add regular garbage and food waste collection services at designated locations tomorrow (25th), allowing people to take advantage of the consecutive holidays to tidy up their homes as soon as possible.

According to statistics from the Taichung City Fire Department, more than 1,600 disasters were reported in the past two days, including 580 disasters such as tree collapse, 386 advertising sign disasters, 13 road and tunnel disasters, 104 building damage, 1 water conservancy facility disaster, 482 livelihood infrastructure disasters, 25 vehicle traffic incidents, 1 environmental pollution incident, 4 fire incidents, 7 other incidents, etc.

Lu Xiuyan pointed out that the Environmental Protection Bureau originally cooperated with the public agencies to allow the cleaning team to take a proper rest. Considering that people would be impatient to tidy up their homes after the typhoon, it decided to add scheduled garbage collection tomorrow and Sunday, and resume garbage collection on normal routes next Monday (26th).

The Environmental Protection Bureau stated that the cleaning teams in each district have completed the preparation of manpower and vehicles, and will provide services tomorrow according to the time periods and locations listed in the "Taichung City National Holiday Garbage Collection Schedule". This time, the collection and transportation will be carried out at a fixed time and at fixed points, which is different from the usual collection and transportation along the street. Citizens are reminded to confirm the collection and transportation time and location in advance before delivering general garbage and food waste to the cleaning team. On October 26 (Monday), the cleaning teams in each district will resume normal collection and transportation according to the original schedule, and resource recycling can be delivered to the cleaning team during the normal collection and transportation period.

The time and location of scheduled collection and transportation in each district can be checked through the "Taichung Garbage Removal Fleet" APP, or you can go to the Environmental Protection Bureau website to check the "Taichung City National Holiday Garbage Collection Schedule and Fixed Points for 115 Years" (if you have any questions, you can call the 1999 citizen hotline or contact the cleaning team of each district.