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The sanitation department in Nantou’s Puli Township deals with lots of discarded mattresses, which can be time-consuming and labor-intensive to dismantle. To tackle this problem, they modified a small excavator, equipping it with hooks and a clamp. The machine can now easily tear open a mattress’ outer layer, making it much easier to dismantle.

This sanitation department developed its own tool to dismantle discarded mattresses.

Large silver hooks secure the mattress in place, while a blue clamp removes the outer fabric.

This is Puli Township’s recycling department in Nantou. They deal with a lot of discarded mattresses. Dismantling them used to take a lot of time and labor, leaving many workers with blistered hands.

- Is it tiring to do this by hand?

Wang Shih-ming
Sanitation worker
Yes, your hand will definitely get blisters. It takes effort to pull it apart. It takes at least four to six people for one mattress.

Dismantling a mattress used to take five people, and it was impressive if they could dismantle 10 in one morning. But after modifying the excavator to attach hooks and clamps, it only takes two people, and they can do the same work in just an hour.

Wang Shih-ming
Sanitation worker
We saw something similar on TV before and had an idea, so we decided to give it a try.

Chen Chun-hung
Sanitation director
Dismantling them by hand is labor-intensive and physically demanding. Altering this excavator can reduce the need for physical labor and prevent our workers from getting hurt.

The sanitation department transformed an excavator into a tool specifically designed to dismantle mattresses. Now they can complete this work much more efficiently and without exhausting themselves.

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