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| | TaiwanHeadlines - Society - Toxic incinerator ordered to shut down and relocate |
 | | The NT$460 million Hsinchu Science Park incinerator was fined NT$400,000 on three separate occasions, in August and November 2004 and May 2005, by local environmental authorities for violating operation procedure standards and for excessive emissions of arsenic and dioxin. |
 | | Lu, along with the Anti-Hsinchu Science Park Incinerator Alliance, pointed out that the incinerator was located in a densely populated area of 300,000 residents and 110,000 park administration employees, while the closest primary school to the park's incinerator was only 584 meters away. |
 | | Amid continual protests by residents, James Lee (李光輝), Director of the Science Park Administration, claimed that the usage of waste solvents as fuel for the incinerator was a recycling process, and that the incinerator accommodated nearly one third of the volume of waste solvents generated daily. |
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