Formosa contract on waste dumping violates environmental laws
The signing of a contract between the Formosa Ha Tinh Company and the Ky Anh environment company that allows the former to dump its waste at a farm of the latter’s director violates environment laws.
Industrial wastes of Formosa Ha Tinh Company (Source: Internet)
Ha Tinh (VNA) – The signing of a contract between the Formosa Ha Tinh Company and the Ky Anh Urban Environment Company that allows the former to dump its waste at a farm owned by the latter’s director violate🅘s environmental laws, said Vo Ta Dinh, head of the Ha Tinh provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
The Formosa company was found burying 100 tonnes of wastes at the farm of Le Quang Hoa in Ky Trinh ward of Ky Anh town.
According to Dinh, the Ky Anh Urban Environment Company has no function of treating industrial wastes, including industrial sludge.
The local environment department had a meeting with the parties involved to define their responsibilities.
The companies will have to dig up and remove the 100 tonnes of waste to a site belonging to the Phu Ha Company located in Ky Anh’s Ky Tan commune, regardless of being conventional or hazardous industrial waste.
Through this incident, the department acknowledged the importance of further intensifying State management on the environment, especially in the Vung Ang Economic Zone, Dinh added.
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Industrial wastes of Formosa Ha Tinh Company (Source: Internet)
