Air pollution tops complaints to environment ministry
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THE Ministry of Environmental Protection received information from more than 88,000 members of the public about pollution in the first quarter of 2017, with air pollution topping the list of complaints, it said.
Most complaints were lodged via hotline “12369” with the remainder on the ministry’s website and WeChat account. More than 63,000 cases have been concluded.
Of the total, 55 percent were related to air quality, while noise, water and solid waste accounted for 30 percent, 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively, the ministry said.
Construction firms were complained about the most — 33 percent — followed by chemical production and hospitality entities.
Complaints in north China focused on dust emission from boilers and steel mills, while the south hated the stench from landfills. Industrial waste gas was a common complaint in the east.
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