Lao Industry ministry orders suspension of plastic waste recycling plants
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Ministry of Industry and Commerce will no longer issue operating licences to manufacturing plants that use plastic waste as a raw material, as part of efforts to improve standards in the processing industry.
Minister of Industry and Commerce Ms Khemmani Pholsena signed a ministerial order on July 30 authorising industry officials nationwide to temporally freeze the issuing of business operation licences to these manufacturing plants.
This ministerial decision will not affect the operations of those plants that have already received permission to carry out this type of business and they may continue to operate as normal.
But plants that cause environmental damage must be ready for inspection by industry officials. Factories that harm the environment will receive a warning and be advised to improve their manufacturing processes.
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
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