From Garbage Island to recycling champion從垃圾之島到回收模範生
Garbage Truck Songs垃圾車之歌
Taiwan's Story台灣的故事
Recycle or Trash?回收還是垃圾
Our Actions行動方案
55%of Taiwan's trash is recycled台灣的垃圾被回收
0.4 kgof trash per person a day, down from 1.14每人每天的垃圾,原本是 1.14
1Earth — we only have one地球只有一個
Wanlai Elementary 萬來國小 · 2026.10.06
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
Hello! I am Dom.哈囉!我是 Dom。
I come from California, USA.我從美國加州來。
In California, garbage trucks do not play music.在加州,垃圾車不會放音樂。
In Taiwan, I heard a song at night — and everyone ran outside with their trash!在台灣,我晚上聽到一首歌——然後大家都拿著垃圾衝出門!
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Today: what we buy, what we throw away, and what Taiwan can teach the world.今天要談:我們買什麼、丟什麼,還有台灣可以教世界什麼。
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
🎮 Game Time! 遊戲時間Q1
Which famous song do many Taiwanese garbage trucks play?台灣很多垃圾車播的是哪一首名曲?
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Beethoven's Für Elise — and A Maiden's Prayer, by a Polish composer. The music says: the truck is here!貝多芬的〈給愛麗絲〉,還有波蘭作曲家的〈少女的祈禱〉。音樂一響就是說:垃圾車來了!
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Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
From California to Changhua從加州到彰化
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Dom's home and yours: two very different ways to take out the trash.Dom 的家和你的家:兩種非常不一樣的倒垃圾方式。
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
🙋 Stand Up If…如果是你,就站起來!
Stand up if you have ever run after a garbage truck.曾經追過垃圾車的,站起來。
Stay standing if you help sort the recycling at home.在家有幫忙做資源回收分類的,繼續站著。
Stay standing if you threw away something this week that still worked.這星期丟過還能用的東西的,繼續站著。
Recycling is good. Not throwing things away is even better.回收很好;不丟,更好。
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
🕰 From Garbage Island to Recycling Champion從垃圾之島到回收模範生
1993
Only 70% of trash is collected. The rest is dumped or burned.只有七成垃圾被收走,其餘被亂丟或燒掉
1996
Trash must not touch the ground — you bring it to the truck垃圾不落地——自己把垃圾拿去垃圾車
1997
The four-in-one recycling program begins推動「四合一資源回收計畫」
1998
Each person throws away 1.14 kg a day每人每天丟 1.14 公斤垃圾
Today
Under 0.4 kg a day — and over half is recycled每天不到 0.4 公斤,超過一半被回收
In one generation, Taiwan changed how everyone lives. People did this — not machines.一個世代之間,台灣改變了每個人的生活方式。做到的是人,不是機器。
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
55%
of Taiwan's trash is recycled today
台灣今天超過 55% 的垃圾被回收
Taiwan is now one of the best recyclers in the world.台灣現在是全世界資源回收做得最好的地方之一。
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But which is better — recycling a bottle, or never needing a new one?但哪一個更好——回收一個瓶子,還是根本不需要新瓶子?
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
🗂 Recycle or Trash?回收,還是一般垃圾?
RECYCLE資源回收TRASH一般垃圾
👆 Careful — some of these are tricky! · 小心——有幾個會騙人!
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
True or False?真的還假的?手比 ⭕ 或 ❌
👆 Tap each one to reveal · 點每一題公布答案
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
Where Does Your Phone Go?你的手機最後去了哪裡?
Metals dug from a mine. A factory far away. A ship, a shop, your hand — and a few years later, a drawer. Old phones still hold gold and copper that could be used again.
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
🎮 Game Time! 遊戲時間BONUS 加碼Q3
In California, when a truck drives down the street playing music, what is it doing?在加州,一輛車放著音樂開過街道,它在做什麼?
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Selling ice cream! So when Dom first heard Für Elise in Taiwan, she wanted ice cream — and got a garbage truck.賣冰淇淋!所以 Dom 第一次在台灣聽到〈給愛麗絲〉時,以為有冰淇淋——結果來的是垃圾車。
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Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
💬 Leave a Message for Dom留言給 Dom
Go to our School Tour page and find the Wanlai Elementary column. No sign-up, no login — tell me what you will stop throwing away.到我們網站的 School Tour 頁面,找到萬來國小那一欄,免註冊、免登入,告訴我你決定不再丟掉什麼。
mycultureconnect.org/dom-school-tour.html
I will stop throwing away ______.我不會再丟掉 ______。
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
Buy less. Keep longer. Throw away less.
少買一點、用久一點、少丟一點。
Thank you, Wanlai Elementary!謝謝萬來國小!
Teacher Dom · SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production 責任消費及生產
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