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Description
Is the garbage truck coming today, and when? Open the app and find out.
No more going down ten minutes early to hold your spot. The app shows where the truck is right now, how many minutes out, and when to leave - counting your walking time. Miss it and you wait a week.
Can this go in the garbage truck? Snap it and see
Pillows, old clothes, helmets, power banks - take a photo and AI narrows the answer to YOUR city's rules: garbage truck, recycling truck or food-waste bucket, and how to prepare it. Ask AI follow-ups (where to drop it off, when the truck comes) and set a reminder on the spot. Everything you snap joins your collection book. Snap is free with an hourly limit; Premium (paid subscription) raises the limit and removes the ads. AI results are suggestions only - follow your local sanitation team's announcements.
Just ask Siri - no need to open the app
- "Is there garbage truck today" - the time and the stop, read out loud with a map
- "Is there recycling today" - recycling often runs on different days to general waste
- "Nearby collection points" - the closest stop and its time, wherever you are
- On a typhoon or suspension day it leads with the stop-collection notice, so you do not make the trip for nothing
You can also put it on your Home Screen and get the answer in one tap.
Why people use it
- Just moved - find the nearest pickup point in an unfamiliar neighbourhood
- Renting or student housing - every address has its own schedule, and the app relocates you
- Busy weeknights - a reminder 5 to 60 minutes ahead, so one work day never costs you a week of trash
Key features
- Live tracking - where the truck actually is, refreshed every 60 seconds (every 30 seconds with Premium, paid subscription). Traffic and detours show on a map, not on a timetable
- On time or late, at a glance - how many minutes ahead or behind the truck is running today
- Time to leave - factors in your walking time and tells you when to head downstairs
- Smart alerts - 5 to 60 minutes ahead, with repeat options
- Dynamic Island and Lock Screen - iOS 16+ countdown and distance without unlocking
- Weekly schedule - general waste, recycling and food waste, a whole week at a glance
- Saved pickup points - home, work and your parents'; up to 10 free, unlimited with Premium (paid subscription)
- Typhoon and holiday notices - suspensions and changes pushed to you
- Achievement badges - they make taking the bins out a little more fun
Home Screen widgets
- Today's collection time without opening the app
- Colour-coded on time / delayed / done, in small, medium and large
Map features
- Nationwide pickup point map, filtered by distance, time or waste type
- Route visualisation - see the path the truck takes
- One-tap navigation, and address search for pickup points near any location
Premium (paid subscription required)
The following require a Premium purchase; everything else in the app is free:
- No ads
- Live truck positions refresh every 30 seconds (60 seconds free), including neighbouring cities
- Custom GPS auto-update modes and the measured arrival-time estimate
- Unlimited saved pickup points (up to 10 free)
- A higher photo recognition limit, with no ads
Monthly and yearly subscriptions, cancel any time in the App Store.
Coverage
Pickup points and collection times: all 22 Taiwan counties and cities
Live truck positions: New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung
The app grows with the people using it
A wrong time, a missing feature, a confusing screen - tell us from inside the app. Reports become the next update: corrected data, new features, fixed routes.
Arrival times are estimated from the truck's current position, not officially published times, and real arrivals move with traffic.
With thanks to Taiwan's government open data programme
Data licence: https://data.gov.tw/license
Support: [email protected]
Terms of use: https://garbagetruck.tw/terms
Privacy policy: https://garbagetruck.tw/privacy