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HCM City leads in waste management and treatment

HCM City is leading the nation in the management and treatment of household and animal husbandry waste, said officials from the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment.
HCM City leads in waste management and treatment ảnh 1Medical and industrial waste is treated at HCM City Urban Environment Company Limited’s treatment plant in Hoc Mon district’s Dong Thanh commune. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is leading thenation in the management and treatment of household and animal husbandry waste,said officials from the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technologyand Environment at a working session with the municipal authorities on May 2.

Phan Xuan Dung, head of the committee, noted the southerneconomic hub is also taking the lead in waste classification across its 24districts, and in the promotion of businesses’ investments in advanced wastetreatment technologies.

Dung said the city will need to further reduce the rate ofburied waste while increasing the rate of incineration, particularly in turningwaste into electricity.

Huynh Cach Mang, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’sCouncil, said the city will issue prices of garbage collection services thisMay, adding that local efforts have been poured into the treatment ofindustrial wastewater.

Industrial wastewater is planned to be treated in 11 drainagebasins, of which two are under construction and two are calling forinvestments. Local industrial parks have their own wastewater assessmentcentres to send data to the municipal Department of Natural Resources andEnvironment.

According to Nguyen Toan Thang, Director of the municipalDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment, the city collects and treatsabout 8,900 tonnes of household solid waste per day. The waste is treated atthe 687-ha Tay Bac waste treatment complex in Cu Chi district and the 614-ha DaPhuoc waste treatment complex in Binh Chanh district. The local rate of buriedwaste is 69 percent, while that of burned and recycled garbage is 31 percent.

A significant number of conferences have been held in thecity to attract investment into the sector. As a result, the city has approveda project on using plasma gasification and waste-to-energy technologies totreat solid waste, which is invested by Sydney-based Trisun Green EnergyCorporation.

HCM City is also working with the Mekong Delta province ofLong An to build a green-tech park that spans 1,760 hectares in Long An’s ThuThua district to treat solid waste in the southern region.-VNA 
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