Director of Natural Resources and Environment Department Nguyen Toan Thang said that about 2,300 tons of waste are thrown into the environment a day. At 8a.m. on October 16, Tran Thanh Tam from Vinh Loc B, Binh Chanh district was caught red handed dumping industrial waste such as coconut residue, leather, nylon bags and cloth scrap from his motor tricycle into a vacant land in the commune. In the statement with authorized agencies, Tam said that the owners of three footwear, clothe and weaving and dying establishments hired him to transport the waste to dump in the vacant land at the price of VND100,000. He has many times smoothly dumped the waste in Trung Uong canal and areas in the adjacent of Vinh Loc A and Vinh Loc B communes. According to Natural Resources and Environment Department in Binh Chanh, the agency has spotted and handled nearly 100 cases in which residents and business owners throwing industrial waste into the environment, issuing penalties nearing VND400 million. The number of business households and enterprises who have not signed contracts with waste treatment firms account for 40 percent of the total number of businesses operating in the district. Deputy head of the agency in District 8 Nguyen Hong Lam said that they have handled 21 cases of waste dumping in vacant land plots and roads and issued VND319 million penalty. Mr. Lam said that the district has implemented lot of measures to tackle the issue but at present only 70 percent of… [Read full story]
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