Gyeonggi Province Catches 4 Businesses Illegally Discharging Pollutants

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 23rd that it conducted a special crackdown on environmental pollution activities from the 6th to the 17th targeting 15 food and beverage manufacturers and 5 wastewater treatment companies in the province, detecting 4 companies and imposing administrative measures including improvement orders.

Company D, a milk processing business in Suwon, was caught discharging 200 tons more per day than the permitted 1,800 tons while treating wastewater from returned milk and other products, and Company K, a beverage manufacturer in Yeoju, was caught treating returned food and beverages without reporting changes to the wastewater treatment process. Both companies received warning notices.

Company D, a heat supply business in Osan, was caught discharging hydrogen cyanide (HCN), a specific air pollutant, in excess of standards and was issued an improvement order along with a surcharge of 18.95 million won.

Company K's Yeoju plant in Yeoju was issued an improvement order for discharging nitrogen oxides exceeding standards.