Hai Phong Sends Used Batteries Back to Japan

The Hai Phong City People’s Committee in Vietnam ordered 26 of 39 containers loaded with used lead batteries returned to Japan by their would-be importers.

The other 13 containers, all unclaimed, were either being referred to the police, who will have responsibility for any subsequent charges and prosecutions, or they were going to any Lao enterprise that wants them. Shipment to Laos was to be supervised by Hai Phong Natural Resources and Environment Department.

If the batteries are not re-exported they will be destroyed by a company chosen by the People’s Committee. The decision was announced after a meeting between the People’s Committee and relevant ministries, agencies and representatives of central and Hai Phong offices.