Before the end of the year, five incinerators will be completed. It is estimated that by 2001, Taiwan will have 22 operational incinerators, which will collectively be able to handle 70 percent of the island's trash. These will greatly reduce garbage disposal pressures. Charges for garbage collection are also being changed.
環保署副署長吳義雄也指出，年底前將有五個焚化爐完工，預計到民國九十年將有二十二個焚化爐，到時可以處理台灣百分之七十的垃圾，垃圾何處去的壓力將會減低。