Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 1365 Pay attention to environmental issues from now on

Of course, from other perspectives, the relocation plan is not without problems.

The most important problem is that if tens of thousands of people live together, it will be a very severe test for the carrying capacity of the residential area.

For example, food and drinking water, food can be purchased from outside, and drinking water needs to build natural water plants, which is relatively easy to solve.

In Niu Xiaoqiang's view, the most difficult problem to solve should be the environmental problem. To put it bluntly, it is the problem of how to deal with domestic waste.

The topic of environmental protection basically does not exist in China today, because domestic industries are still relatively underdeveloped. Even those heavily polluting industries, such as steel mills or paper mills, can still pollute the environment within a tolerable range.

But in foreign countries, such as the United States, environmental protection is indeed a relatively hot topic, and the government also pays more attention to this issue, and has always adopted a high-pressure policy against environmental pollution.

The factory opened by Niu Xiaoqiang has not polluted the environment yet, but the garbage generated by the residents of Aoshan Town is piled up everywhere.There are many extremely difficult-to-degrade plastic products in this garbage, which has a certain negative impact on the environment of Aoshan Town, and also has a negative impact on the appearance of the town.

Niu Xiaoqiang once told Wu Ping about this, but Wu Ping didn't take it seriously.In her opinion, this is the case everywhere in the country. Even in big cities, it is inevitable that domestic garbage will pollute the environment.

Generally, everyone incinerates directly. As for the harm of the smoke and dust after incineration to the environment and human body, no one has to worry about it.

When the vast majority of people are still working hard to survive, no one will naturally care about environmental issues.If you can't even eat enough, do you still have the heart to pay attention to this?
Niu Xiaoqiang takes a long-term perspective. At the same time, she is a native of Aoshan Town, so she is naturally more concerned about the environmental problems in her hometown.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Wu Ping was in a good mood, he raised the issue of environmental protection again: "Sister Ping, if the district wants to borrow money from my master to complete the relocation of Gufeng Township, there is a prerequisite that must be fulfilled. , This is the environmental issue I told you before, if the district cannot ensure that the environment will not be polluted by domestic waste, I will not agree to borrow money."

Niu Xiaoqiang's words cooled Wu Ping's burning heart.Wu Ping didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Xiaoqiang, many residents in our district have trouble eating, yet you talk to me about environmental pollution. Isn't that a little too much?"

Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head: "Sister Ping, I don't think this is too much. The environment is the foundation of human existence. If environmental issues are ignored for the sake of economic development, after the economy develops, the people will have to face a lot of problems. Garbage and various toxic and harmful substances are very detrimental to everyone's health, how will you deal with it at that time?"

When Niu Xiaoqiang said this, he sighed earnestly: "Sister Ping, it's better to plan ahead for some things. If you don't kill the buds in the cradle, it will be difficult to solve them when you really realize the seriousness of the problem. "

Wu Ping still had a little difficulty understanding Niu Xiaoqiang's mentality.Of course she knows that polluting the environment is not a good thing, but as she said just now, when many people have problems eating, spending time, energy, and even money to prevent environmental problems, isn't it superfluous? ?It would be better to use the energy and money to support poor and out-of-school children.

But this is the second time Niu Xiaoqiang mentioned this matter, and Niu Xiaoqiang has already set the prerequisites.In order to borrow money, Wu Ping had to compromise with Niu Xiaoqiang.

She nodded slightly: "Okay, sister listens to you, from now on I will pay attention to environmental issues, and I will do what you say."

Niu Xiaoqiang immediately stepped forward: "I think the first thing you should do is to find a low-lying ravine and transport all the household garbage in the town there for landfill treatment. Everything has to be handled this way.”

He paused here, and then continued: "As for the living quarters to be built on the other side of the Qingjiang River, it is necessary to find a landfill in advance and build a special garbage pond so that residents can dump all their household garbage into it. Garbage pools are transported centrally by cleaners."

When Wu Ping heard the word cleaner, she immediately said with a bitter face: "How many cleaners do you need to hire to transport the domestic garbage of tens of thousands of residents? The wages of these people will add extra expenses to the district's finances. There are still so many cleaners in the district. How much money is needed, can you stop messing around?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled slightly: "Sister Ping, the establishment of cleaner positions can also solve the employment problem of some people. This is a benefit, but you haven't seen it? As for their wages, they can be subsidized through other projects."

Wu Ping asked curiously, "What other projects are you talking about?"

Niu Xiaoqiang continued to smile: "I am referring to the hydropower station. Once the new residential area is built, it will inevitably increase the electricity consumption in our area. The hydropower station assisted by the Provincial Department of Light and Chemical Industry is about to be put into use, which can fully support the sudden increase. For electricity consumption, the district can charge the electricity fee according to the market price. Even so, it can earn a lot of money. Since this hydropower station is not state-owned, the electricity fee income can be used by the district itself. With the electricity fee income , is the salary of the cleaners still a problem?"

The hydropower station that Niu Xiaoqiang mentioned was invested and built with the efforts of Fan Demin. Of course, it is also inseparable from the support of Mr. Qian.

The nature of this hydropower station is a bit special. According to the documents issued at the time, this hydropower station will directly serve foreign-funded enterprises in Aoshan Town. As for the ownership of the hydropower station, it is directly assigned to the Hope New District Government.

Similar situations are not uncommon in China. Some super-large state-owned enterprises generally build their own power plants. The power of the power plants not only supplies the normal production needs of the factories, but also supplies the surplus to the staff dormitories. It is determined by the operating cost, which is different from the pricing of the State Grid.Generally the price will be cheaper.

The method Niu Xiaoqiang said is very feasible. Anyway, the hydropower station is owned by the district government, and the district government has the power to set prices.As long as the price of electricity is not higher than that of the national grid, residents will definitely accept it.

In this way, money can be earned, which can then be used to pay the wages of cleaning workers.

(End of this chapter)