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11 Nov 2015

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YangJiang Daily (阳江日报); unofficial translation by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Govt. officials & company representatives comment on controversial garbage incinerator project

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The project was implemented by Yangchun Conch Cement Company and was designed to undertake safe treatment of household garbage from the northern part of the city.The project passed the social risk evaluation in September 2014 in accordance with relevant national regulations...The project manager explained that, as the disposal process is controlled by computers, it operates in a sealed and negative pressure environment leaving no room for the odour produced from the garbage to be discharged outside. The advantages of the technology are as follows: first, the problem of odour emission from waste incineration is solved. Second, the garbage liquid is stored and pumped to the gasifier for oxidation in a fixed amount periodically to achieve safe treatment. Slag is recycled for use in cement kilns, and through calcination, the loose ashes and heavy metal waste incorporates into the crystalline lattice of the cement clinker for solidification, preventing secondary pollution. As for the toxic gases generated from garbage disposal, which is the issue that most concerns the public, Xiao Kehua explained that high temperature and alkaline environment can effectively reduce the formation and discharge of dioxin...

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