The objectives of this project were to assist local governments to renew their refuse collection vehicles so as to maintain their capabilities of refuse collection services and promote the efficiency for providing people a clean, sanitized and healthy environment to live in with better quality. At the same time, this project gradually promoted low-carbon refuse collection and reduced garbage colleting fuel consumption as well as toward a low-carbon, sustainable homeland. This project has been designed to continue the results of renewing local refuse collection vehicles subsidized by EPA in the past six years. Based on the “Low-Carbon Waste Collection Promotion Plan”, which included in the “Waste Reduction and Resource Recycling Enhancement Strategies” by “General Waste Resource Recycling Promotion Plan”, this project assisted EPA constantly to deal with related work, develop measures to improve efficiency in the use of collection vehicles, research and provide the specifications of new developed low-carbon garbage vehicles. This project carried out from January 2013 to December 2013. According to the principles of openness, transparency, specialization and close supervision, the project had studied and provided procurement specifications of rear loader refuse trucks (consist of engine power and electric compression power) and tender documents via the inter-entity supply contract. The tender documents have been associated with the process completion of the relevant public hearings, research conferences, technical panel review meetings and public viewing. At present, this procurement has been formally announced on November 26, 2013 and the tender opening will be expected on January 7, 2014. In the meantime, local governments might deliver the renewal plans with request for financial assistance. As soon as EPA approved the renewal proposals, local government might place the orders via the inter-entity supply contract. This project continued to collect general waste collection resources in different cities, and make group comparative analysis of general waste collection performance by the conditions of authorities as well as make recommendations for improvement. Meanwhile, the project developed collection routes and planning proposals so as to provide the reference for local governments. Also, this project assisted the EPA to collect information or general waste collection vehicles development and evolution. From human collection to open-air refuse trucks, rear loader refuse trucks and rear loader compression refuse trucks, this project continued to collect and analyze the development of low-carbon refuse trucks in the world and evaluate the typer of low-carbon refuse trucks that may be introduced to Taiwan.

Rear loader refuse truck- Engine power compression type;Rear loader refuse truck-Electric compression type;Inter-entity supply contract