Taipei cleans up its act

The pride of the Taipei Case Pavilion in the Urban Best Practices Area (UBPA) at the Expo 2010 Shanghai is not a huge high-resolution LED screen or the 3D movie by internationally acclaimed director Hou Hsiao-Hsien. It's the city's garbage recycling system.

Taipei proposed two themes for its UBPA exhibition. One was the city's wireless network and the other was the garbage recycling system.

"We are especially proud of our recycling system, because it took lots of effort not only by administrators but also our Taipei citizens," said Chung-Hwa Tuo, commissioner of the Department of Information and Tourism of Taipei municipality. "Many other cities have tried to use similar practices but no one succeeded," said Tou.