More than 50 tons of medical waste are made into plastics
More than 50 tons of medical waste are made into plastics
Medical waste is contaminated with all kinds of germs, but it has been bought and sold illegally and made into a variety of plastic products that are disgusting. Recently, police in zhejiang province have cracked down on the illegal purchase of processed medical waste. Dozens of people have been detained. What is the black interest chain? The reporter followed the investigation.
Recently, wenzhou lucheng public security department of zhejiang province, after more than a month of investigation combined lucheng environmental inspection team on suspicion of illegal disposal of medical wastes checking up a processing plant, seized on the medical waste 9.43 tons. It is understood that the processing plant has illegally acquired and processed more than 50 tons of medical waste from June last year. The plastic medical waste has been ground up and sold up to a plastic factory.
What exactly are these medical wastes made? Yao, the deputy director of the local five-horse police station, which was responsible for the case, said some of the materials were used for shoe sole and partly made into switches.
Medical waste is being sold illegally, and the black chain of interest is a surprise. Yao said that in this case, medical waste came from small clinics or hospitals in communities or towns, involving more than 20 cases. At a low price of about 1 yuan per jin, it is the business of lawless people to earn the difference by simply processing the processing and selling it to downstream enterprises at a high price.
