Yunlin makes art and buildings from recycled incinerator waste
Yunlin makes art and buildings from recycled incinerator waste
2025-01-23
Yunlin County is getting creative in its response to the waste problem. Every local government in Taiwan faces the difficult task of dealing with the mountains of waste that our modern lifestyles produce. Yunlin has taken the unusual step of using recycled incinerator ash to create artwork for the home. From decorative flower pots to aroma stones, this waste has become treasure. The county’s Environmental Protection Bureau says it is also ramping up use of the recycled materials in construction projects. It wants to raise awareness about the waste dilemma, and spread the message: “Waste is a resource.”
These exquisite aroma stones are all made of recycled waste. The Environmental Protection Bureau of Yunlin County is using discarded materials in a creative way.
Teng Ya-chen
Yunlin County Environmental Protection Bureau
We hope the public can upgrade: waste is no longer waste. It is a usable resource.
Sacks large and small form a mountain of garbage. Working out how to deal with these tsunamis of waste is a headache for every county and city.
Teng Ya-chen
Yunlin County Environmental Protection Bureau
Yunlin County does not have any operational incinerators. So we have long relied on external support to manage our waste.
Incinerator bottom ash is processed and turned into CLSM, a backfill material for public construction projects such as the foundations of buildings, temporary road works, or filling in obsolete pipes. Now the bureau is getting creative by making these aroma stones and plant pots, and even offering a class in how to make them.
Member of public
It looks very special and it’s made of recycled materials. It’s really unusual that Yunlin is making things like this. The concept is recycling and reusing resources. So I think creating things from waste shows how Yunlin is making progress.
Using waste in construction and even in creative projects like this is a first for Yunlin. It hopes to raise awareness of the potential to recycle incinerator ash and create a more sustainable society.
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利用垃圾再生粒料製小物 發揮創意達永續循環
2025-01-23
垃圾處理一直是件棘手的問題，不過近年將焚化底渣處理，轉化成再生粒料，可以應用在公共工程可控低強度材料，雲林縣環保局發揮創意，以再生粒料製成植栽盆器、擴香石及熄菸盒等等小物，達到永續循環。
這一個個可愛精美的擴香石，全都是利用垃圾分解出來的再生粒料製成，雲林縣環保局利用剩餘的材料，發揮巧思，重覆再利用。
[[雲林環保局廢棄物管理科長 鄧雅謓]]
“希望讓民眾可以提升，廢棄物不再是廢棄物，它是可用的資源。”
大包小包垃圾，堆成一座大山，關於垃圾後端處理，一直是各縣市很頭痛的問題。
[[雲林環保局廢棄物管理科長 鄧雅謓]]
“雲林縣沒有營運中的焚化爐，所以我們垃圾處理的部分，長時間都要仰賴外縣市來做協助。”
焚化底渣經過處理，可以在控制性低強度的公共工程中當做回填材料，例如地基填充、臨時道路鋪設、廢棄管道填充等等。現在環保局發揮巧思，製成擴香石、盆栽等等小物，還開班授課。
[[民眾]]
“這個東西看起來就是很特別，而且他是用垃圾去分化做成的。雲林有做出這樣的一個東西，是真的很不一樣，而且它是一個資源循環再利用的概念，所以我覺得拿它做東西，就可以想到說其實雲林有在進步。”
將廢棄物使用在工程上，也發揮創意，改造成各種小物，希望藉此讓民眾認識焚化再生粒料，從生活中創造永續循環。
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