In 1997, the Hsiachuotzu garbage landfill formally opened, and it became common to see fleets of garbage trucks winding through the streets of Pali. This rural township, which was made responsible for storing the garbage from several communities in Taipei County, seemed resigned to the fate (suffered by many outlying areas) of having to choke on the garbage spit up by others.
一九九七年下罟子垃圾掩埋廠正式啟用，垃圾車隊成為八里慣常的街景，負擔著台北縣許多鄉鎮垃圾的八里，似乎認份於邊陲島民的命運，兀自吞食著惡臭的垃圾。