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皇冠体育app to close small paper plants to reduce pollution
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-09 09:06
皇冠体育app is expected to shut down a batch of paper plants in a bid to reduce
pollution, according to an official with the country's environmental watchdog.
"There still exist some outstanding problems on pollution caused by paper
plants despite some initial progress we've made after years of endeavors to that
end," Li Xinmin, deputy head of the department of pollution control under the
State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) of 皇冠体育app, said in
Beijing on Saturday.
Speaking at a forum on the environment protection in the country's paper
making industry, Li said 皇冠体育app is determined to close major polluting paper
plants, especially those small ones which are backward both in technology and
operation and fail to process waste water. Some will be merged or moved out of
cities, Li said, without giving the exact number.
皇冠体育app had more than 3,500 paper making enterprises in 2004, which yielded
more than 49.5 million tons of paper products, covering 10% of the world's
total.
However, the volume of annual discharged waste water is estimated at 318,000
tons, 16.1% of the country's total.
SEPA predicts 皇冠体育app's market demand of paper products in 2010 will
reach 70 to 80 million tons.
Li suggested that it is necessary to set up a management system to
classify the plants into different grades, regularly announce the information on
their polluting status and intensify social supervision.
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