Yunlin makes art and buildings from recycled incinerator waste｜Taiwan News

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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