On the morning of April 4, the Hekou District Government of Dongying City, Shandong Province officially issued a notice that suspected dumping of hazardous waste from vehicles outside the city was found within its jurisdiction. One person died at the scene, and one person died after being sent to the hospital. control.
In the afternoon of the same day, the official announced again that the dumping point was a cement pond with an area of 120 square meters, and the nearest village was 3 kilometers away from the dumping point. After safe disposal under the guidance of relevant experts, no harmful gas was detected 200 meters downwind from the dumping point, and the dumping did not affect the safety of surrounding people.
Dangerous waste is secretly discharged, harming others and self!
It can be said that the reputation of the chemical industry has been ruined a lot by the illegal small workshops.
In spite of strict environmental protection inspections and a comprehensive upgrade of hazardous waste management, some companies still dump hazardous waste at will in order to "save money and effort", and eventually cause serious environmental pollution. The severity is horrible!
Harbin Plastic Factory Drained Wastewater Unexpectedly
Shut down immediately
On June 21, 2020, Harbin Nangang Ecological Environment Bureau investigated and closed down an illegal chemical plant. This plastic processing plant without any operating procedures and qualifications for hazardous waste treatment directly discharged production sewage, causing pollution to nearby rivers.
Dumping 30 tons of hazardous waste into the Yangtze River
4 arrested
On June 10, 2020, Chongqing announced an illegal pollution case. Four suspects discharged 30 tons of hazardous waste directly into the Yangtze River, causing a 3-4 km pollution zone in the Yangtze River. The polluted water body pollutants exceeded the standard by nearly 240 times! Cause serious environmental pollution. Four suspects have been arrested according to law.
Zhucheng illegally dumped chemical waste
Multiple arrests
On January 31, 2021, an illegal dumping of chemical waste occurred in Shunwang Subdistrict, Zhucheng City, Shandong Province, which resulted in hospitalization for multiple people with hydrogen sulfide poisoning, and 4 of them died. The incident was classified as a criminal case by the public security organs, and 23 criminal suspects were arrested in accordance with the law.
All kinds of illegal dumping behaviors have once again put the label of "high pollution" on the chemical industry.
In order to curb the pollution of hazardous waste to the environment, the national environmental protection legislation has been gradually improved, a variety of restrictive measures have been introduced, and the "Three-year Action Plan for Special Remediation of National Work Safety" has been formulated. The special remediation of hazardous waste has been launched since April 2020. Until December 2022. From restricting the discharge of enterprises to improving the safety rectification of hazardous wastes, strictly control the flow of hazardous wastes and the dynamics of enterprises.
In addition to government supervision and people's supervision, chemical production enterprises themselves should also abide by the law and pay attention to environmental protection, so that enterprises can develop in the long run.
Source: Mobile Public Account
