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The 40,000 tons of garbage accumulated in the Nantun Caotun landfill caught fire. Nantou County Mayor Lin Mingqin said he had urgently coordinated the transport of some of the garbage to Kaohsiung for incineration. (Photo by reporter Zhang Xiesheng)
2020/11/21 05:30
[Reporteros Luo Qi, Chen Fengli, Zhang Xiesheng / Informe completo]The Nantou Caotun Cemetery is next to National Highway No. 6, and the sight of garbage piled up in the mountains impresses passersby. At 2am yesterday, a fire broke out in the landfill and the mountain of garbage turned into a “burning mountain.” The Environmental Protection Agency yelled at the Nantou County government to guide the county’s trash disposal, handling and storage management for improper management, which requires the county government to actively deal with it.The fire once endangered the adjacent high-voltage tower
The garbage in Nantou County could not be transported, and piled up on the “garbage hill” of more than 40,000 tons at the Caotun garbage site. In the early morning of the 20, the suspicious garbage produced biogas that ignited spontaneously, causing a fire, which once endangered the adjacent high-voltage electrical tower, and the fire department fired water and excavated The earth machine dug, cleared the firing line and resolved the electric tower burning crisis; But the garbage dump burned for several hours, and the dense smoke was not only smelled in Caotun Town, but also dispersed to neighboring towns and cities, causing poor air quality.
Environmental Protection Agency – County government is not active
The Environmental Protection Agency stated that it has actively dispatched personnel to help coordinate the capacity of incineration plants provided by other counties and cities, and the dispatch of large-scale transfer vehicles to begin outbound garbage transportation yesterday, and 120 metric tons were cleaned.
The Environmental Protection Agency stated that for the Caotun burial site, several garbage disposal review meetings have been held and special personnel have been assigned to monitor it on a daily basis. The Nantou County Government and the Caotun City Office have sent several times to the Nantou County Government and the Caotun City Office, requesting that the site be cleaned up, prevention management be carried out. fires and disinfection is carried out. Deodorization and environmental monitoring works.
In order to remove the garbage from the Caotun landfill, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Water Resources have jointly requested 300 million yuan from the Executive Yuan. The Environmental Protection Agency has approved more than 200 million yuan to the Nantou County government in the past three years for transferring, packing and sorting waste and improving landfills. Regarding the planning and evaluation of autonomous treatment facilities, the “Caotun Garbage Disposal Work Review Conference” was held on November 4 of this year. However, the Department of Environmental Protection has yet to receive an application plan submitted by the Nantou County government. Garbage treatment belongs to the local government according to the law. Powers and responsibilities, the Nantou County government must take a proactive stance and address the problem of garbage disposal.
County Government: No incinerator construction allowed
Fang Xinxiong, Nantou County Director of Environmental Protection, pointed out yesterday that the garbage problem in Nantou County was caused by the Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on building an incinerator in Nantou. After the Caotun Garbage Site began accumulating garbage in 2015, the Office requested assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency 16 times. The Department of Environmental Protection did not respond, and it is unfair to blame local authorities.
Fang Xinxiong noted that in 2004, Nantou County had planned to build an incinerator and completed the environmental assessment, but the Environmental Protection Agency had not allowed the construction of incinerators in the country due to saturation. In the past three years, EPA has only subsidized funds for waste transfer and film sealing and packaging. In August this year, because the landfill is adjacent to the reservoir of the artificial lake in Niuzitan, there is a risk of water contamination. The Department of Water Resources subsidized 300 million yuan, the Environmental Protection Agency subsidized 130 million yuan, and the county government raised 30 million yuan for garbage removal. It is scheduled to be completely clear before the end of 2022.
Because it is close to the high voltage electrical tower, after digging the fire line, the bulldozer ventured to move the trash near the electrical tower to the other side and down. (Photo by reporter Chen Fengli)
More than 40,000 tons of garbage piled up in the Caotun landfill burned, lighting the night sky with blazing flames. (Provided by Hong Kunzhu, Chairman of the Caotun City Congress)
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