Pollution laws not strict enough: groupsBy Hsieh Chun-lin / Staff reporterLawmakers and environmental groups yesterday called for more stringent monitoring and control of industrial hazardous waste at a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, saying that pollution has affected Taiwan’s food safety and people’s health. Last year, there were 19.84 million tonnes of industrial waste in Taiwan, environmental groups said, citing results of an investigation. That did not include “construction surplus of sand and gravel materials” and soil already deemed polluted, they said. A report also indicated that 84 percent of industrial hazardous waste was only superficially treated and has turned up relabeled as a different product, they added. The actual number and amount of waste are much, much more than those that have been reported,” Chen said.

Source: Taipei Times August 10, 2020 16:00 UTC