Nangang District contained the abundant colliery originally. During the period of Japanese colonization, it started the coal exploitation. Industries such as the colliery became more prosperous in the mountainous area of all parts of Taiwan. The early Shanshuilu Eco-Park was one of these pits (the pit of Fengtai). It lasted until the era of 1950s to 1960s when coal mine development reached the top. At that time, it’s common to see mine pits everywhere at Nangang and most of the residents were working at mines. It could say that the mining activity was flourishing then. But along with the reducing production of mines and the low price compared to the one that foreign countries offered, the mining activity began to wane by degrees. It became even worse after Sangjuku Landfill was set up here. Most pits were definitely been buried by waste to the underground as well and they hence became the historical vestige.
In the year of 1992, about 12 years ago, Sangjuku Landfill (the former name of Shanshuilu Eco-Park) was selected as the latest waste burial site to replace Fudu Landfill. Owing to the cumulative amount of waste, Environmental Protection Bureau confirmed the way of cremation as a major. Waste burial became a long-term goal. (PS. On the other hand, Sangjuku Landfill was used to dispose the huge waste and bury cremated remains.)
On June 18th, 1994, it began to work. Originally, the use age limit should be ten years, yet there was still plenty of space left on the due date. So the closing date was adjusted to 2010. Nevertheless, there was still plenty of space left in 2010; thereby, it was postponed to the end of 2020. However, to adhere to the latest policy (zero waste burial), it was changed to the dump area to dispose the waste in 2011, so it was no longer a landfill and renamed as Shanshuilu Eco-Park, as known as Green World Ecological Park.
（Photos in below are taken by our team members.） |
