Treasure Forest Abandoned Furniture Rebirth Center Introduction
Baozhilin is located at No. 439, Heshun Road, Beitun District, Taichung City. It is a resource recycling and reuse park established by the Taichung City Environmental Protection Bureau. Citizens can freely select second-hand furniture, including tables, chairs, beds, sofas, and cabinets, which have been refurbished and organized at Baozhilin, typically priced at 40% to 60% of the market value. This initiative realizes sustainable resource recycling and demonstrates environmental protection efforts of cherishing and loving resources while protecting the Earth. Additionally, Baozhilin is the first multifunctional environmental education park in the country. The hours for business dealings and furniture sales are open from 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays to Saturdays. It is closed on Wednesdays, Sundays, and national holidays, but the environmental park area remains open 24 hours. The contact number is (04) 2436-9702. The park has six main functions: 1. Furniture regeneration, health check, and sales center; 2. Resource recycling art exhibitions; 3. Resource recycling DIY classrooms; 4. Promotion of environmental business and environmental education tours; 5. Recreational area of the environmental park; 6. Second-hand goods exhibition and appliance clinics. With the creativity of the staff, the park features various art installations made from recycled materials, along with green lawns, children's play areas, small ponds, and colorful flowerbeds, making it an ideal place for citizens to relax and enjoy. Visitors can treasure-hunt for regenerated furniture and experience the charm of Baozhilin, which may lead to unexpected finds and surprises. Service items include resource recycling and reuse and environmental education experience courses—sustainable recycling—woodworking DIY. Environmental education experience courses and woodworking DIY activities are rich in content, and families are welcome to visit for leisure and treasure hunting. Through various courses, we aim to help you understand eco-friendly recycled materials and resource recycling, ultimately achieving the goals of waste reduction and resource sustainability. To respond to the purpose of environmental protection and resource sustainability, Baozhilin has established a furniture health check clinic, which assists citizens in repairing usable furniture, prolonging their life cycle, and reducing the waste of usable furniture to ultimately achieve waste reduction and lower carbon emissions. The appointment service for the furniture health check clinic is available on the first business day of each month, starting at 8:00 AM for phone reservations, capped when full. The furniture exhibition area and sales site showcase discarded furniture that has been repaired and transformed by staff, making it "come alive," with some items being immediately purchased. Bicycles collected by the cleaning crew can also be refurbished and put back on the road, with positive feedback from the community. The creative exhibition hall displays inventive woodwork and furniture space, utilizing materials from discarded furniture to create creative small items such as business card holders, stools, park benches, fences, mailboxes, and more. The True Treasure House collects and sells traditional furniture, mainly made of materials such as cypress, camphor wood, and rosewood. These solid wood pieces, finely repaired by Baozhilin's craftsmen, are particularly beloved by the public. The second-hand goods exhibition center began pilot operations in October 2005, collecting five main categories of items including toys, home decorations, dining utensils, clothing, and books/magazines for recycling. After staff organization, these second-hand items will be put on sale, inviting treasure hunters! The appliance clinic accepts small appliances like fans, hair dryers, home ovens, rice cookers, water dispensers, table lamps, juicers, electric kettles, space heaters, dish dryers, and instant kettles for repair. Users must register and fill out basic information, and repair technicians will diagnose whether the items can be fixed. Once repaired, the public will be notified by phone for retrieval. A nominal fee of fifty NTD is charged for this service. The Baozhilin park applies solar power and wind power systems to demonstrate energy-saving and carbon reduction. These systems generate electricity for street lights and LED lights within the park. A rainwater collection system is used for irrigation of the plants in the park.
