Fastener Factory Shutdown After Illegal Emission of Liquid Waste

Taiwan’s Jun Yu Enterprise (transliteration) located in Yanchao, Kaohsiung was found by EPA officers to emit liquid waster used for the pickling process of fasteners into Dien Bao River when Typhoon Phoenix swept over Taiwan. The pH value of the liquid waste was at 1.65, equivalent to strong acid. The EPA officers thus compelled the factory to shut down immediately with the additional fine of NTD 0.6 million, according to the water pollution laws. The Environmental Protection Agency of Kaohsiung has already shut down 25 factories since it began to frequently execute the clampdown on the illegal emission of liquid waste of factories last year.