Prison for group who extracted silver from waste film
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Six people were jailed for up to 16 months for illegally refining silver from waste photographic film in east China鈥檚 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鈥檚 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.
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