On May 23, with EPA Director Tsai Hsun-hsiung as a witness, Annette Lu and Taipei Mayor Chen Shuibian reached an agreement to transport Taoyuan's present garbage for disposal in Taipei. Yet there were various issues involved, including whether this arrangement would overburden Taipei's own waste management efforts. One after another, city council members came out against the deal, and eventually it fell through.
五月二十三日在環保署長蔡勳雄的見證下，呂秀蓮和台北市長陳水扁達成共識，先將垃圾運到台北市處理，但此舉可能對台北市垃圾處理帶來壓力等等的問題，台北市多位議員遂紛起反對，只得作罷。