China's First Dangerous Waste Disposal Project OperationalShenyang safety landfill for dangerous industrial waste, the first demonstration project of its kind in China, was put into operation Tuesday in suburban Shenyang, the leading industrial center in northeast China.With an annual capacity of 20,000 tons of dangerous industrial waste for 12 years, the project is capable of turning the waste into harmless waste suitable for landfill. The World Bank provided US$6.44 million in loans for the construction of the landfill, with the support of 84 million yuan from domestic investors. It took almost five years to build the landfill, which is part of the environmental protection project under the Shenyang Industrial Restructuring Program backed by the World Bank. Major dangerous industrial waste includes heavy metal waste that contains chromium, lead, copper, iron, nickel, zinc, mercury, vitriol, muriatic acid and asbestos. Local environmental officials say that the waste will be stabilized and solidified before being filled in the landfill and the leaked liquid collected from the landfill will be rendered up to the State discharge standards. The demonstration project is expected to help Chinese cities improve industrial pollution and improve the environment, said the officials. |
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