More than 80 percent of garbage is dumped or buried in the countryside, although this method has long been considered unsuitable.
台灣目前約有百分之八十的垃圾是以曠野傾倒法或掩埋法處理，但落伍的傾倒法已不再適用於現代化社會，掩埋又因土地難求而日趨困難，焚化法被認為是未來處理大都市垃圾的最佳方式。