2023-10-21 16:11:14
Green wedding
For their wedding photo, they choose a pile of garbage
A few months before their wedding, a Taiwanese couple posed, in formal attire, in front of a mountain of garbage to alert their guests about their waste production.
PublishedOctober 21, 2023, 6:11 p.m.
An unorthodox wedding photo, October 14, 2023.
As a wedding photo, a Taiwanese couple, dressed in a tuxedo and a white dress, kiss in front of a mountain of garbage, the bride, concerned about the environment, hoping to discourage her guests from producing waste. unnecessary waste. For their “ecological wedding” planned for next January, Iris Hsueh, Greenpeace activist, and her fiancé also asked their guests to come with their own containers to take away food leftovers.
A bulldozer in front of a pile of garbage in Puli canton, October 19, 2023.
Taiwan, a self-governing island of 23 million people, has had a recycling program since 1987. More than 50% of household waste is processed through this system, which is one of the highest rates in the world. But Chen Chun-hung, head of the Puli commune sanitation team, observed that the amount of garbage had increased dramatically: from about 20 tons per day in the 1980s to around 50 tons today. ‘today.
“Our population is decreasing, but the amount of garbage is increasing every year”
Chen Chun-hung, head of the Puli commune sanitation team
The Puli landfill was originally a parking lot for garbage trucks, and its use as a waste storage site was meant to be “temporary,” Chen says, but it has now been operating for three years. “Two years ago it was tall (like a five or six story building) and the smell was even worse. It became unbearable to work here,” he said, adding that he thought the couple’s actions were “significant.” “Young people are very creative compared to us older people.”
Since their photos went viral, Ms Hsueh says her friends and relatives have promised to think about the amount of waste they produce in their daily lives. And for the big day? “I hope to see everyone with a container,” Hsueh says with a mischievous smile.
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