About 3,000 people had taken part in that street protest in January 2006 over the incinerator which they claimed emits cancer-causing pollution, and also protested with banners. Residents sought help from members of the annual session of Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to have the plant closed down. Local inhabitants argued that medical experts had reached common ground that garbage incineration generates dioxins that can cause cancer. The area, Qingshuihe in Louhou district,  was in a relatively outlying area when the government first established the facility. However, the city grew so fast that the site was now close to the downtown area, and property developers  built several residential quarters around the waste incineration plant. It was argued that the environmental elements had not been taken into the consideration in the city planning and that the government's environmental department could do little to affect the decision of the city planning department.  [1]    In the same location within the Xiaping Landfill site in the Qingshuihe River area, Luohu District,a CDM project was established, collecting methane from the land fill, and getting carbon credits. [2]   In April 2016 it was reported that  the Qingshuihe waste landfill  called a halt to accepting garbage [3] because it was full.  It has received "prizes" for bad smelling.  [4]               

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