Since 1991, in compliance with "Garbage Resource Recycling (incineration) Plant Building Plan in the Taiwan Area" enacted by the Executive Yuan, and the "Promotion of Public and Private Participation in Building Refuse Incineration Plant Program" enacted in 1986, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) established 21 refuse incineration plants, either by public or via public-private partnership and planned to build another 15 refuse incineration plants by private enterprises. Garbage, in principle, shall be handled and disposed within each administrative district to avoid neighborhood disputes over refuse disposal and to improve handling and disposal efficiency. As of today, 21 publicly built large-scale refuse incineration plants and 3 BOO/BOT ones located in Taoyuan, Wujih Taichung and Maoli have been completed. A total of 24 refuse incineration plants are in operation with daily capacity of 24,650 tonnes. By the end of 2015, the refuse incineration rate accounted for 97.12％ of total garbage dispo
sal. Due to the active promotion of waste source reduction and resource recycling policies, the EPA requested city and county governments to review the feasibility of "Promotion of Public and Private Participation in Building Refuse Incineration Plant Program" in 2001 and decided to cancel the building plans of 10 incineration plants, including: Cigu, Tainan County, Da-an of Taichung County, Northern District of Taoyuan, Lugang in Changhua County, Plant 4 in Taipei County, Plant 2 in Taichung City, Husi in Penghu County, Nantou County, Hualien County and Hsinchu County. In addition, construction of 15 plants, which were intended to be built by the private enterprises, was reduced to 5 plants. The EPA has conducted evaluations for refuse incineration plants since 2001 to effectively monitor and manage the existing operations and announced and amended the "Audit and Evaluation Guidelines for Operating Refuse Incineration Plants" on 20 April 2001 and 18 April 2002, respectively, to regulate operational procedures and establish an efficiency indication system. On 13 April 2004, the EPA promulgated "EPA Audit and Evaluation Guidelines for Refuse Resource Recycling Incineration Plants" (13 July 2005) to formally establish the audit and evaluation system, to broaden the scope of audit and evaluation work, and to improve operational and management efficiency of each refuse incineration plant. In addition, information on the operation of incineration plants is open to citizens in order to enhance monitoring by the general public. 

Table 1 Building and Construction Plan of Refuse Resource Recycling (incineration) Plants in the Taiwan Area

Table 1 Building and Construction Plan of Refuse Resource Recycling (incineration) Plants in the Taiwan Area

Number	Site Capacity (tonnes/day)	Building Agency	Date of Operation
1	Neihu, Taipei City 900 tonnes/day	Environmental Protection Bureau of Taipei City Government	16 January, 1992
2	Muzha, Taipei City 1500 tonnes/day	Environmental Protection Bureau of Taipei City Government	28 March, 1995
3	Beitou, Taipei City 1800 tonnes/day	Environmental Protection Bureau of Taipei City Government	26 May, 1999
4	Central District, Kaohsiung City 900 tonnes/day	Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government	1 September, 1999
5	Southern District, Kaohsiung City 1,800 tonnes/day	Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government	20 January, 2000
6	Wenshan Taichung City 900 tonnes/day	Former Environmental Protection Department of Taiwan Provincial Governmen	12 December, 1995
7	Former Environmental Protection Department of Taiwan Provincial Governmen	Chiayi City 300 tonnes/day	18 November, 1998
8	Annan Tainan City 900 tonnes/day	Former Environmental Protection Department of Taiwan Provincial Governmen	17 August, 1999
9	Sindian New Taipei City900 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	5 November, 1994
10	Shulin New Taipei City 1,350 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	4 July, 1995
11	Bali New Taipei City 1,350 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	17 July, 2001
12	Hsinchu City 900 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	16 February, 2001
13	Renwu Kaohsiung City 1,350 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	1 December, 2000
14	Sijou Changhua County 900 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	18 January, 2001
15	Kanting, Pingtung County 900 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	23 December, 2001
16	Houli Taichung City 900 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	14 August, 2000
17	Gangshan Kaohsiung City 1,350 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	3 April, 2001
18	Lucao, Chiayi County 900 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	1 December, 2001
19	Keelung City 600 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	27 March, 2006
20	Litse, Yilan County 600 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	7 April, 2006
21	Yunkang Tainan City 900 tonnes/day	EPA, Executive Yuan	1 March, 2008
Total	21,900 tonnes/day

Table 2 Execution of the "Promotion of Public and Private Participation in Building Refuse Incineration Plant Program"

Number	Site	Building and Operation	HandlingCapacity(tonnes/day)	Building Agency	Date of Operation
1	Taoyuan City	BOO	1,350	Taoyuan County Government	October 9, 2001
2	WujihTaichung City	BOT	900	Taichung County Government	September 9, 2004
3	Jhunan, Townshi, Maoli County	BOT	500	Maoli County Government	December 2007（scheduled）
4	Linnei, Yunlin County	BOO	600	Yunlin County Government	Not in Operation
5	Taitung City , Taitung County	BOO	300	Taichung County Government	Not in Operation
Total			3,650

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