In Hsintien and Yungho, city workers have gone from door to door telling people how to sort their rubbish into combustible and noncombustible items plus large things such as furniture or bicycles. However, a member of staff of the city administration office said that most people just think it's too much trouble and the results aren't very obvious.
處理新店、永和二市的新店安康焚化爐運轉時，兩地的市公所就挨家挨戶推動垃圾分類，把垃圾分為可燃、不可燃和巨大垃圾如傢俱、自行車三種；可是「大部分人都嫌麻煩，效果不彰」，新店市公所一位職員說。