According to statistics published by the Bureau of Environmental Protection in 1983, the average person in Taiwan produces 0.7 kilograms of trash every day. "Because mountain climbers wrap everything to make it more convenient to carry in their packs, and use special containers to preserve their foodstuffs, the amount of garbage they can create is especially amazing," says Tsai By-lu, chief of the Yushan National Park Planning and Management Division.
根據行政院環保局在民國七十二年出版的環境保護年鑑，國內平均每人每天製造○．七公斤垃圾；「而登山客所帶的行李都是經過包裝，使其較易攜帶或貯存，垃圾製造量尤其驚人」，玉山國家公園管理處企劃管理課課長蔡佰祿說。