Italy's Polynt says it spent more than CNY10 million on its own initiative to reconstruct sewage pipelines with the aim of zero emissions, following its purchase of the Changzhou BODA Fine Chemical Company in Changzhou's Xinbei District.
Polynt's CNY10 million investment on sewage pipelines is in line with the policy of Changzhou's Xinbei District: "To implement the most strict environment protection policy and to support the best while eliminating the worst; strive to be people-oriented and to realize a sustainable development; to build a harmonious industry and community while promoting both economy and ecology."
Environmental problems have been disrupting the development of Changzhou's Xinbei District for a while. After the establishment of the management committee of Xinbei Industrial Park, the management members decided that the park could only be saved through the development of eco-friendly chemicals and replacement of small chemical operations with large-scale chemical facilities. So they began large-scale rectification projects in the park, such as a clean river water project and a project to protect forests in the area.
Last year, the park refused 41 projects that either did not comply with industry development or were polluting. Ninety-six polluting chemical enterprises, electroplating enterprises and other smaller enterprises were closed down. Some more will be closed down later this year.
The district encourages enterprises to research and develop products with high technology, small pollution, advanced techniques and broad market potential. It reconstructs or upgrades small chemical enterprises characterized by small-scale low technology, and heavy pollution that take up valuable resources. These measures clear space for other, more worthwhile projects and helped the area along the river to develop in an orderly and consistent manner into a new industrial corridor and an ecological corridor.
After a series of initiatives in the chemical park, a new environment was created where there are now fish swimming in the river and trees standing along the road. "There are even fish living in the pond of the chemical park. The environment has changed a lot, far beyond our imagination," said Hu Helin, assistant inspector of the provincial environment protection bureau, when he was making his rounds in the district.
