Page 7
The problem of Industrial Pollution in Taiwan

     
(2) In order to solve the problem of water pollution in the paper industry, new factories were required to set up equipment for the recovery and treatment of waste liquid and old factories were urged to set up the recovery equipment within a time limit. The Taiwan Sugar Company gave priority to provide bagasse, a raw material for making paper, to those factories having waste liquid recovery equipment. By 1983 four paper companies had set up the equipment and more than 20 factories stopped to boil the waste liquid without doing recovery.
(3) In the electroplate industry, existing large scale and newly established factories were urged to adopt continuous automatic electroplating equipment and electroplating without using cyanide. By 1983, more than 10 factories had changed to continuos automatic equipment of electroplating and set equipment to recover chromic acid. Moreover, another 10 factories had adopted the electroplating equipment without using cyanide. As for small-scale factories, they were encouraged to move to special industrial zones at Kuantien, Minhsiung and Fangyuan.
(4) In regard to the petrochemical industry, inspection over industrial safety and pollution prevention was carried out every year in order to urge enterprise to set up a monitoring and warning system for toxic and hazardous materials as well as automatic inspection and test system. Special training programs were also conducted. By 1981, all petrochemical factories had established an automatic monitoring and warning system for cyanic acid; the system for chlorine and other hazardous gases were also gradually established. Moreover, waste gas and wastewater recovery systems were also promoted in the petrochemical industry.
(5) In regard to zythepsary, food processing and papermaking, because these factories emit high concentrations of organic wastewater, they were encouraged to set up an evaporate and concentrate system in order to solve the problem of wastewater, to recover valuable byproducts, and to save energy. By 1981, the system had been adopted by many factories.
(6) For improving air pollution in the iron and steel industry, the expansion and new establishment of small and medium steelworks were suspended. The Taichung Machinery Company was chosen as a model to demonstrate the technique of "closed-room dust-collecting" equipment. Small and medium steelworks located in cities were guided to move out of the urban area in order to reduce air pollution.


Previous |2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|Next
Sponsored by the Chuan Lyu Foundation
© 1997 - 2008 The Chuan Lyu Foundation All Rights Reserved