Teneria Bermudez fined

[NewsWhore]

Santiago based leather-goods manufacturer Teneria Bermudez has been fined RD$300,000 for environmental damage. The Ministry of Environment discovered that the company was dumping its residual waste into the Yaque del Norte River, polluting the river. Environmental prosecutor Jacinto Mejia said that the company needed to install a residual waste treatment plant. The company was closed on 5 February after it was proven that it was dumping its untreated waste in the river. Mejia said that the Santiago Water and Sewage Corporation (Coraasan) is permanently monitoring river discharges.

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