The Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Maintenance and inspection Division of Taoyuan have uncovered illegal storage of waste liquid, waste sludge, and harmful medical waste materials today (20th) at the Abao Recycling Plant in Pingzhen District.
Under the guise of land surface preparation, the suspects were in fact burying industrial wasts under agricultural land.
The Department of Environmental Protection has quietly conducted 6 investigations and arrested Mr. Li, the responsible person of the recycling plant, and Mr. Deng, the farmland owner, for violation of Article 46 of the Waste Disposal Act.
The act is punishable by law for up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to NT$3 million.