Kd 500 Fine For Burning Garbage

Acting on information firemen rushed to a garbage dump in Wafra and put out fire, reports Al-Rai daily. A security source said as the camping season approaches environmental police have increased their presence in the areas and any acts of arson or ‘deliberate fire’ to get rid of garbage fall under Article 32 of the Environmental Protection Act of 2014 and its amendments.

The treatment, dumping or burning of garbage in non-designated places are punishable by KD 500 which can reach up to KD 10,000. The daily added, the Environment Police will apply the law firmly against the waste disposal in open areas in the desert

 

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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