Sino-US Joint Venture to Treat Garbage in TianjinA Sino-US joint venture will spend 28 million US dollars treating garbage produced from daily life in Tianjin, a port city in north China.กกThe city, the largest manufacturing center in north China, generates 1,500 tons of garbage daily. The joint venture, Tianjin Jiete Environment Protection Industry Co., will classify garbage for treatment and multi-purpose utilization. The first category covers recyclable items such as metals, glass, paper and plastics. The company will sort them out before processing them into 20,000 tons of recycled materials worth five million yuan annually. Garbage produced from daily life belongs to the second category. It will be mixed with microbe and fermented harm-free to produce 1200,000 tons of organic fertilizers a year. The third category covers poisonous matters such as medical trashes, chemical waste, and used batteries. The company will burn these trashes as harmless slag before processing them into building materials. Moreover, heat energy generated in the course of burning will be supplied to urban homes and offices. With a daily treating capability of 1,000 tons of garbage, the company will help solve the pollution problem caused by garbage. |
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