Cherish the Water

543

Number of removal operations

282

Number of inspections

19602472

Total amount of removed waste

Removal amount conversion: an elephant weighs around 5,000 kilograms, so the total amount of removed waste equals to the weight of 3931 elephants.

Source of data: Surface Water Waste Removal Management System.

What is water waste?

Water waste can be divided into two categories: man-made waste and non-man-made waste. Man-made waste includes PET bottles, glass, iron and aluminum cans and other non-resource garbage. Non-man-made waste refers to the waste naturally created in the water, such as common water hyacinth, driftwood, or sludge.

The five types of water waste

According to the statistics from the Surface Water Waste Removal Management System, the top five types of non-man-made waste are: bags of trash, PET bottles, animal bodies, Styrofoam, and glass.

Reduce littering and the use of disposable resources

In addition to the waste that cannot be categorized, it is found that bags of trash are the main water waste. The sources of bags of trash come from the households. People throw away their garbage into the water due to various reasons. Thus, reducing littering and the use of disposal resources can lessen the impact of pollution on the water environment, so everyone should play a part.

Removal equipment for water waste

All cities and counties have regularly monitored the water environment through inspections, and conducted regular and irregular waste removal operations at specific sites.

Guardian of rivers

Chairman of the Tainan-based Datan Community Development Association Huang Xi-chia has been committed to safeguarding the water environment. In this video, Chairman Huang shared his experiences and stories in inspection and patrol, hoping to call on everyone to protect the water environment together.