Damaged Highway Leads to Trash Mountain in Eastern Taiwan

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Officials say over 80,000 metric tons of garbage has amassed at a landfill in Hualien, an indirect result of an earthquake in April that damaged a main highway and hindered the amount of trash that can be sent to the nearest incinerator.

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00:00Trash is piling up in eastern Taiwan as an indirect result of a major earthquake in April.

00:07The local Environmental Protection Bureau says the amount of garbage in the Hualien

00:11City landfill has passed 80,000 metric tons.

00:15It says the pileup is due to traffic restrictions on a major highway damaged by April's earthquake.

00:21This is limiting the amount of trash being sent to the area's main incinerator.

00:26Officials say that facility can burn around 200 tons of trash per day, and they estimate

00:31it will take more than six years to clear the backlog.

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