PROTESTS AGAINST INCINERATOR BOTTOM ASH DUMPED IN YUNLIN|2千噸焚化爐底渣堆置垃圾轉運站 雲林居民反彈

There has been a growing garbage problem in Yunlin County and near by cities have extended a helping hand to east the crisis. However, for every ton of trash absorbed by the neighboring municipalities, 1.8 tons of bottom ash will be required to transport back to Yunlin. Local residents at Gukeng township are unhappy because currently there are more than 2100 tons of bottom ash piled up in their town. Several Yunlin Gukeng Township representatives protested, because the township chief failed to notify them about the transport of 2,000 tons of bottom ash to Gukeng Trash Forwarding Station. Township representatives demanded that the chief remove the ash before May 20, or they will block roads to protest. ==CHENG HO-YI Chair, Gukeng Township council== The ash contains heavy metals… there is no underground protection. The quantity here is over half of all Yunlin County's bottom ash, a total of 2,170 tons. The township chief explained, that the bottom ash was tested for standard compliance of levels of heavy metals and dioxin. ==HUANG YI-LING Gukeng Township Chief== These are the same as many materials used in construction. People don't have to be afraid of contact with them. To solve the problem of municipal waste, Yunlin County requested other cities and counties to assist in taking their trash. However, by transporting one ton of trash out of Yunlin County, in turn, Yunlin County had to accept 1.8 tons of bottom ash from the cities and counties which had assisted it. Yunlin County now has five thousand tons of bottom ash. ==LIN CHANG-TSAO Dir.-Gen., Yunlin Environmental Protection Bureau== The bottom ash is a resource recovery product. To utilize the ash, Yunlin County drafted the Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash Resource Recovery Product Self-Governance article. This was submitted it to the Yunlin County Council, and is to be reviewed in May. The Yunlin Environmental Protection Bureau emphasized, it is checking all public constructions for possible slag and ash, in order to fully utilize these resources. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 為了解決垃圾問題，雲林縣委託其他縣市去化垃圾，但每清運1噸垃圾須運回1.8噸底渣，目前全縣運回約5千噸，但就有2千1百噸堆置在古坑垃圾轉運站引起地方不滿，對此古坑公所與雲林縣環保局就說，這些底渣都有經過重金屬、戴奧辛溶出檢定標準，未來將使用在公共工程上。 不滿喊著抗議口號，雲林古坑鄉多位代表，不滿公所在沒告知情況下，將2000多噸焚化爐底渣，堆置在古坑垃圾轉運站，代表會要求鄉公所在5月20號前清除，不然將要封路抗議。 ==古坑鄉代表會主席 鄭和義== 這些重金屬東西 地下也沒放防護措施 （數量)占雲林縣一半 有2170多噸 為了要證明這些底渣運回雲林之前，都有經過重金屬、戴奧辛溶出檢測符合標準，古坑鄉長黃意玲親自出面說明。 ==古坑鄉長 黃意玲== 有很多工程上的配料 我們都會用這樣的東西 不用怕 不用去怕它 鄉長都敢摸了 不用去害怕 為了要解決垃圾問題，雲林縣委託其他縣市清運垃圾，但清1噸垃圾須運回1.8噸底渣，目前全縣運回約5000公噸。 ==雲林縣環保局長 林長造== 這底渣是資源化產品 雲林縣為了去化底渣 本身定了雲林縣 使用焚化爐底渣 資源化產品自治條例 目前已送到議會 五月定期會就能審議 雲林縣環保局強調，縣內現在正盤點施工的公共工程，只要工程上可以使用底渣，就會建議變更設計，讓縣內堆置底渣可以順利去化。 記者 王威雄 雲林報導