Prison for group who extracted silver from waste film
Print Edition
Six people were jailed for up to 16 months for illegally refining silver from waste photographic film in east China’s Zhejiang Province, a local court said yesterday.
One man, Zhang, rented a warehouse in Longquan City in October 2014 and bought machines used to recover silver from waste film, Longquan Municipal People’s Court said. He sourced the film from hospitals and printing firms.
Zhang then hired Wu, who had experience of the extraction process, in February this year, the same month his processing plant began operating, despite lacking official permission or specialized waste treatment equipment.
The other four, knowing that the factory was illegal, sourced and sent waste film to the plant for silver extraction.
The factory processed more than 24.9 tons of film before it was closed on March 19, 2015 by the environmental protection department.
Longquan Police later seized around 14.5 tons of film from the site.
The environmental protection bureau said waste film which is not treated properly can cause pollution.
Zhang and his five accomplices were found guilty of environmental pollution.
Their prison sentences ranged from five months with 10 months probation, to 16 months, and they were fined 10,000 yuan (US$1,549) to 60,000 yuan, the court said.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
