There is ONE incinerating plant in the DR that does things properly. Just one. Somewhere on the outskirts of Santo domingo on Carretera Duarte, but they pick up too. (but no, I can't recall their name right now or find their card) .
Hazardous waste disposal by burning, with all emission controls, etc in place, and a certificate issued upon completion. And what a bitc^ it was to fight against the bureacracry and Aduanas just to get to use it.
We operate in a Free Zone. I had 12 drums of accumulated "bad stuff" that the only acceptable method of disposal is burning. Of course, most other people would just add this stuff to the dumpster, and off it would go to the landfill with the rest of the trash. I didn't want the vision of barefoot children walking through and scavenging this stuff, and then having bad things happen to them later, so I wanted to use the incinerator and do things properly.
Oh my God. you wouldn't believe the crap to go through. First, the head of Customs told me that I had to pay 6 inspectors from Aduanas to come to our Free Zone and then ride to the incinerator with the stuff to be burned. All paperwork for the material should be available for inspection. Facturas as well.
I would have to pay their cab fare (both ways), as well as their dieta of RD$500 per person per day, with 2 days for the work. Just to burn friggin garbage! This was in May 2004. I told him to go soak his head, and I would wait for the PLD guys to show up in August, after they sacked his rear end. That at least made some folks in his office smile.
In September, I went to the new guy. I would have to pay one guy to ride along for the burn. $200. No other requirements. MSDS's for the incinerator guy, nothing more. Plus more than $90,000 for the 12 drums to do the burn the "right" way. How easy can it get? And I can sleep at night knowing it had been done as it should have been done.
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