According to statistics released by the Environmental Protection Administration, the people of Taipei City threw out 100,000 tons of trash from the 16th to the 18th of September, while the much smaller Keelung generated 240,000 tons over the same period.
根據環保署的統計，從九月十六日到十八日這三天，台北市民丟出十萬噸的垃圾，人口、面積都不算大的基隆市，三天的垃圾產量竟然高達二十四萬噸。