Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant

Coordinates: 25°6′28.8″N 121°30′1.1″E / 25.108000°N 121.500306°E / 25.108000; 121.500306

Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant
北投垃圾焚化廠
Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant
Taiwan
Former names Shilin Refuse Incineration Plant
General information
Type Incinerator
Location Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan
Opened 1 July 1991
Owner Department of Environmental Protection, Taipei City Government
Technical details
Floor area 10.6 hectares[1]

The Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant (Chinese: 北投垃圾焚化廠; pinyin: Běitóu Lèsè Fénhuà Chǎng) is an incinerator in Zhoumei Borough, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan.[2]

History

The plant was originally established as the Shilin Refuse Incineration Plant on 1 July 1991. On 1 July 1995, the plant was renamed Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant and it was made a unit of the Department of Environmental Protection of the Taipei City Government.[3]

Technical details

The plant can treat 1,800 tons of garbage from the Taipei area per day.[4]

Facilities

The plant's smokestack is equipped with an observation deck at an altitude of 116 meters.[3] On January 1, 2000, a revolving restaurant opened above it (claimed to be world's first restaurant on a waste incinerator chimney), which seats 120 guests and is powered by energy from the incinerator.[5]

Transportation

The plant is accessible within walking distance southwest of Shipai Station of Taipei Metro.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Beitou - Floor Plan". Department of Environmental Protection, Taipei City Government. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Affiliated Departments". Department of Environmental Protection, Taipei City Government. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Observation Deck in the Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant". Travel Taipei. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Basic Design Scope". Department of Environmental Protection, Taipei City Government. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Yu, Sen-lun (2000-01-02). "Waste incinerator restaurant opens - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
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