Chiu I-shu, a professor of environmental science at Tunghai University, says that the Hsinpu incinerator in Hsinchu County, which went into operation in 1979 and had a daily capacity of 50 tons, was the first really modern incinerator in Taiwan, but it suffered a serious malfunction in less than three years and is out of operation.
東海大學環境科學系教授邱依樞指出，民國六十八年開始啟用、日處理量十噸的新竹縣新埔鎮焚化爐，可稱台灣第一座現代式焚化爐；但它不到三年就因嚴重故障而停工。