In recent years, with the continuous development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, urban construction has generated a large amount of construction waste and household waste. Due to limited disposal capacity and high disposal costs, some criminal gangs transfer and dump the above-mentioned construction waste and household waste across provinces (municipalities directly under the central government) to surrounding counties and cities, causing serious pollution and damage to the ecological environment. The reporter noticed that Case One is the case of Wu Mouyou, Deng Mou and others illegally dumping mixed garbage across provinces (municipalities directly under the central government) and polluting the environment. It is a typical case of the people's court severely punishing the illegal dumping of mixed garbage across provinces (municipalities directly under the central government) and polluting the environment in the Yangtze River Economic Belt region in accordance with the law. In this case, Wu, Deng, and others transported over 4800 tons of mixed waste from multiple construction sites in Shanghai to two abandoned fish ponds in Jiangsu without obtaining approval for the disposal of construction waste or taking environmental protection measures. They dumped the waste and buried it with soil. The people's court imposed a heavier punishment on him in accordance with the law. The case shows that Wu, Deng, and others found two abandoned fish ponds as landfill sites in Qidong City, Jiangsu Province in 2022. Without obtaining approval for the disposal of construction waste and taking environmental protection measures, Wu, Deng, and others transported more than 4800 tons of mixed waste from multiple construction sites in Shanghai to the aforementioned fish ponds, dumped them, and buried them with soil. After identification, the solid waste, soil, and groundwater involved in the case were found to contain heavy metals such as copper, lead, chromium, nickel, zinc, barium, volatile phenols, and fluoride. The chemical oxygen demand and total phosphorus of the groundwater exceeded the third level pollutant discharge concentration standard of the Comprehensive Wastewater Discharge Standard. The mixed waste involved in the case is a mixture of household waste and construction waste, which belongs to the hazardous substances stipulated in Article 338 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. The estimated cost for the clearance and disposal of the case is about 1.7 million yuan, which has been fulfilled by other defendants who have been dealt with separately. The People's Court of Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, after trial, found that the defendants Wu Mouyou, Deng Mou, and others violated national regulations by illegally dumping and disposing of harmful substances, constituting the crime of polluting the environment. The defendants Wu and Deng jointly committed an intentional crime with others, which constitutes a joint crime and played a major role in the crime. They are the principal offenders and shall be punished according to all the crimes they participated in according to the law. Due to the illegal dumping and disposal of hazardous substances committed by defendants Wu Mouyou, Deng Mou, and others across provinces (municipalities directly under the central government) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt region, they will be given a heavier punishment as appropriate. The court comprehensively considered various factors such as the motives and purposes of the defendants' actions, the degree of damage to the ecological environment, and sentenced each defendant to imprisonment ranging from three years to one year and six months, and imposed a fine. After the verdict, Wu, Deng and others did not appeal, and the verdict has taken legal effect. The Minutes of the Symposium on Handling Criminal Cases of Environmental Pollution issued by the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment clearly state that those who discharge, dump, or dispose of radioactive waste, waste containing infectious disease pathogens, toxic substances, or other harmful substances across provinces (municipalities directly under the central government) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt region may be punished severely. The Supreme People's Court has stated that the people's courts will increase their efforts to crack down on illegal and criminal activities involving solid waste pollution that seriously damage the ecological environment, especially for illegal and criminal activities involving the discharge, dumping, and disposal of radioactive waste, waste containing infectious disease pathogens, toxic substances, or other harmful substances across provinces (municipalities directly under the central government). This demonstrates the firm determination of the people's courts to severely crack down on illegal and criminal activities involving solid waste pollution of the environment. (New Society)