A waste treatment company in Binh Duongprovince allegedly buried thousands of tonnes of expired milk aslandfill instead of treating it as contracted, according to police fromthe National Department of Environment's southern office .
Friestland Campina Vietnam Co had contracted the Waste TreatmentEnterprise, a subsidiary of Binh Duong Water Supply – Sewage andEnvironment Company, to dispose 2,060,136 cartons of milk through itswaste treatment plant. The value of the contract was 20 billion VND (1million USD).
Police visited a landfill area used by the Waste Treatment Enterpriseon Wednesday morning and uncovered thousands of expired milk still incartons.
Friestland Campina Vietnam signed the contract with the WasteTreatment Enterprise on May 3 to treat 15,500 tonnes of milk.
The contract allegedly specified that the enterprise should collectthe milk at the Friestland Campina Vietnam warehouse in VSIP IIIndustrial Park in Binh Duong province and separate the milk waste fromthe cardboard and plastic waste at the site.
It also contracted the enterprise to transport the milk waste fortreatment at its treatment plant and separately burn the cardboardcontainers, plastic wrap and straws.
Police said both the out-of-date milk and containers should have beentreated as hazardous waste.
Jan Wegennar, production manager of Friestland Campina Vietnam ,told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper the contract stated clearly that themilk had to be separated from solid waste and transported for wastetreatment at the enterprise.
If the waste was dumped in the landfill area, it was a breach of thecontract, he said.
Huynh Minh Tu, a truck driver who transported the milk, said he sawsome of the milk being transported to the treatment plant while some ofit was transported to the landfill.
Police also reported other hazardous solid waste had been burned atthe landfill area.
Nguyen Thanh Phong, the enterprise's deputy manager, said the wastecaught fire accidentally because of the hot weather.
He said dumping hazardous solid waste at landfill sites intended forhousehold waste was "common at every landfill site."
Professor Le Huy Ba, director of the HCM City Institute of Science,Technology and Environment Management, told Nguoi Lao dong (TheLabourer) newspaper the milk dumped at the landfill was dangerousbecause it would breed mice and black beetles which could spreaddisease./.
Friestland Campina Vietnam Co had contracted the Waste TreatmentEnterprise, a subsidiary of Binh Duong Water Supply – Sewage andEnvironment Company, to dispose 2,060,136 cartons of milk through itswaste treatment plant. The value of the contract was 20 billion VND (1million USD).
Police visited a landfill area used by the Waste Treatment Enterpriseon Wednesday morning and uncovered thousands of expired milk still incartons.
Friestland Campina Vietnam signed the contract with the WasteTreatment Enterprise on May 3 to treat 15,500 tonnes of milk.
The contract allegedly specified that the enterprise should collectthe milk at the Friestland Campina Vietnam warehouse in VSIP IIIndustrial Park in Binh Duong province and separate the milk waste fromthe cardboard and plastic waste at the site.
It also contracted the enterprise to transport the milk waste fortreatment at its treatment plant and separately burn the cardboardcontainers, plastic wrap and straws.
Police said both the out-of-date milk and containers should have beentreated as hazardous waste.
Jan Wegennar, production manager of Friestland Campina Vietnam ,told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper the contract stated clearly that themilk had to be separated from solid waste and transported for wastetreatment at the enterprise.
If the waste was dumped in the landfill area, it was a breach of thecontract, he said.
Huynh Minh Tu, a truck driver who transported the milk, said he sawsome of the milk being transported to the treatment plant while some ofit was transported to the landfill.
Police also reported other hazardous solid waste had been burned atthe landfill area.
Nguyen Thanh Phong, the enterprise's deputy manager, said the wastecaught fire accidentally because of the hot weather.
He said dumping hazardous solid waste at landfill sites intended forhousehold waste was "common at every landfill site."
Professor Le Huy Ba, director of the HCM City Institute of Science,Technology and Environment Management, told Nguoi Lao dong (TheLabourer) newspaper the milk dumped at the landfill was dangerousbecause it would breed mice and black beetles which could spreaddisease./.
