垃圾車 App Garbage Truck Taiwan

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, or standing at the kerb with a bag in each hand. 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.

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

- Holidays and new year - collection times shift over long weekends, and the app tracks them

- Busy weeknights - a reminder 5 to 60 minutes ahead, so one work day never costs you a week of trash

- Running a shop - plan the daily collection around opening hours

Key features

- Live tracking - see where the truck actually is on the map, refreshed every 60 seconds. Traffic, a blocked alley, a last-minute detour: a timetable cannot show you that, a map can

- On time or late, at a glance - not a fixed timetable, but where the truck is right now and how many minutes ahead or behind it 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'

- 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

- Preview every size in Settings before you add one

Map features

- Nationwide pickup point map, filtered by distance, time or waste type - if the time near home never suits you, find a stop whose time does

- Route visualisation - see the path the truck takes

- One-tap navigation, and address search for pickup points near any location

Taiwan's garbage truck ritual

Most residents have no kerbside bins - you carry your bag down and meet the truck yourself, announced by music, usually Für Elise or "A Maiden's Prayer". Miss it and the bag waits for the next run.

Premium

No ads, real-time GPS auto-refresh, reminders for multiple points, custom lead times and achievements. 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 collection time, a feature you want, a screen that confused you - tell us from inside the app, no email and no review needed. What comes in turns into the next update: corrected data, new features, routes fixed. Every route you report is one less person waiting.

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

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Support: hello@garbagetruck.tw

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