In 2004, the project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, the National and City Planning Commissions. Afterwards, the EIA, FS and other preparation works before construction were conducted. It was build between 2006 and 2009 with investment of 0.5 billion RMB for two phases. it's planned to deal with the domestic waste 1,500 tons totally per day.
In 2012, the project started to be put into commercial operation.
Because of the location of the project, in the middle of Guoding mountain, it affected the citizens' daily life around 800 square meters during its function.
Over 20 local congress delegates proposed to move away the incinerator to another place and they stated the project had seriously impacts on environmental protection area, development of surrounding residential areas and other enterprises. Also the local residents complained about it to Wuhan Development and Reform Commission. The residents complained about the location of the project, and the fact that the incinerator with circulating vulcanization bed produced harmful gases, which can lead to secondary pollution; they are also concerned about the air pollution, water pollution and solid waste pollution.
The pollution of Hanyang Guodingshan Incinerator, Wuhan can lead to many diseases, a program of China’s Central TV Station revealed in 2013, which got lot of attention. In July 2013, Hubei Provincial Environmental Protection Office claimed that Hanyang Guodingshan Incinerator, Wuhan has serious illegal aspects, as it did not have a properly operational pollution control apparatus, did not arrange the resettlement of residents, treated the garbage percolating liquid without permission, among others. They also claimed that the incinerator had to stop to be restructured and did not allow to produce until permission. In 2013, the incinerator stopped, and WUHAN government forced it to move; in Jan. 2014, the incinerator moved to new place, at the end of 2014, the incinerator re-operate, and government claimed that incinerator meets the environmental requirements. In October 12th 2013, the Ministry of Environment named and shamed 72 polluting firms; Hanyang Guodingshan Incinerator in Wuhan was included.
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