Jhubei’s new food waste disposal machine reduces occupational hazards
Jhubei’s new food waste disposal machine reduces occupational hazards
2024-06-20
Jhubei in Hsinchu is home to Taiwan’s first mobile food waste disposal machine. Jhubei creates up to 100 tons of garbage every day, and food waste alone accounts for 25 tons. To reduce the workload on sanitation workers, the city government spent a year creating a food waste disposal machine that replaces traditional labor and reduces occupational hazards for sanitation workers.
Hearing the garbage truck’s familiar music, residents promptly bring out their trash. They toss trash bags into the truck one by one and take turns dumping their food waste. The sanitation workers must manually handle all the trash, which poses considerable dangers in the long run.
Now Jhubei has come out with Taiwan’s first mobile food waste disposal machine, reducing the labor required of sanitation workers.
Hsu Yan-ching
Jhubei sanitation team leader
It strains our backs and arms to handle all the trash. Since the food waste buckets are very heavy, if someone accidentally loses their grip, they will get hurt. It’s hard to avoid. Now we use an electric machine to do the work, so we won’t get injured.
As the population in Jhubei continues to rise, the city’s daily waste has reached100 tons, with food waste alone accounting for 25 tons. To reduce occupational hazards for sanitation workers, the city government spent a year and invested NT$250,000 to create this disposal machine to replace manual labor.
Cheng Chao-fang
Jhubei mayor
The sanitation team captain and I worked together with a manufacturer to create this mobile food waste disposal machine. This way, our sanitation workers won’t get injured on the job.
Wang Wei-jen
Jhubei sanitation captain
The machine is entirely electric. It doesn’t use any gas, so it won’t create any pollution. Also, when it dumps out the food waste, none will be spilled on the ground.
The Jhubei sanitation team also cooperated with the Hsinchu Lioneers basketball team, calling on residents to consider sustainability when throwing away garbage. They hope to make Jhubei a truly environmentally sustainable city.
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減少工傷! 竹北"移動式廚餘傾倒機"全國首見
2024-06-20
全國首見"移動式廚餘傾倒機"在新竹竹北，據統計竹北每天垃圾量高達百噸，光廚餘就佔25頓，為了減輕清潔隊員的負擔，竹北市公所，花了一年多的時間，打造"移動式廚餘傾倒機"，取代傳統人力，降低清潔人員的職業傷害。
熟悉的音樂一響起，住戶們準時站在門口等著垃圾車，垃圾一袋一袋丟，廚餘一桶一桶倒，隨車的清潔人員都得人力協助搬運，長久下來，造成的職業傷害可不小。
現在，竹北市推出，全國首見的"移動式廚餘傾倒機"，讓清潔隊員免彎腰、免抬手。
[[竹北清潔隊分隊長 許漹清]]
“脊椎啊、手臂啊，用人工操作的時候 因為廚餘桶很重，可能不小心還是說他有失手的時候，都會受傷，那難免啊。一樣這樣操作，啊現在是，我們用電動機台在操作，人力不會受傷。”
由於竹北人口越來越密集，每天產出的垃圾將近百噸，其中廚餘部分就佔25頓，為了改善清潔人員的工傷危機，竹北市公所，花了一年多的時間，耗資25萬元，打造這台，移動式廚餘傾倒機，取代傳統人力。
[[竹北市長 鄭朝方]]
“我跟我們的隊長，共同跟廠商研發出了一台，移動式的廚餘清倒機，那這樣未來我們的清潔隊員，在執行勤務的時候，就不會受傷了”
[[竹北清潔隊長 王偉任]]
“它是整台是用全電來發電的，沒有吃到任何一滴油，也不會造成空氣汙染，還有它在傾倒廚餘的時候，達到百分之一百不會造成廚餘外溢、二次汙染地面。”
另外，竹北清潔隊也跟新竹攻城獅球隊合作，加入小巧思，用聲音呼籲市民倒垃圾也要顧環保，希望能藉此讓竹北真正落實，環保永續。
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