Related to the business of tube lamps, Joint Stock Company Electric Light Bulb (Road No. 3, Bien Hoa 1 Industrial Park, An Binh Ward, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai) dumped untreated industrial waste into the environment, functional forces excavated locations inside this unit.
On April 22 and 23, the Environmental Police Department cooperated with the Criminal Technical Department, the Dong Nai Provincial Police, the Bien Hoa City Police, and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Dong Nai Provincial Police Information Center website. MT Dong Nai conducted excavations inside the Tube Lamp Factory, Dien Quang Lamp Joint Stock Company.
Thereby, more than 42 tons were discovered hazardous wasteIn which, there are nearly 15 tons in the concrete tunnel inside the factory, more than 27 tons in the yard outside.
The detected waste includes glass pieces contaminated with hazardous waste and wastewater from the grinding process of waste light bulbs.
Authorities use concrete cutting drills to excavate hazardous waste. Photo: Dong Nai Police
Photo cut from the employee’s video
According to the authorities, the waste light bulb shell contains mercury and sulfur, so it is toxic if not handled according to regulations.
Initially, through a quick test of wastewater, the authorities determined that the pH exceeded 7 times the permitted level. All of this waste is assigned by the competent forces and the Lamp Factory to a unit with the function of treating hazardous waste according to regulations.
It is expected that on April 25, the police force will continue to coordinate with the authorities to excavate at other questionable locations inside the lamp factory to continue expanding the investigation and clarifying.
Previously, according to Youth newspaper, on the afternoon of April 20, scouts from the Environmental Police Department – Dong Nai Provincial Police caught red-handed workers at the Lamp Factory, Dien Quang Light Bulb Joint Stock Company, destroying the bulbs. waste lights (hazardous waste) not in accordance with regulations.
At the scene, the police discovered about 5 tons of crushed glass bulb contained in 195 plastic bags, besides nearly 370,000 light bulbs that had not yet been milled in plastic crates. Wastewater in the process of grinding the bulbs is poured directly into the drainage ditch system.
The workers initially admitted to having done the above work since March 8.
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