A 65,000cu.m waste water treatment plant in HCM City’s Thu Duc district (File Photo) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City targets reducing the volume ofplastic bags used at supermarkets and business centres by 65 percent, and attraditional markets by 50 percent compared with 2010.
Besides, the city will require all industrial parks and complexes, exportprocessing zones and hi-tech parks to have wastewater treatment and waste watermonitoring systems. They will all be supervised and inspected by state agencies.
The goals are part of an environment plan for the 2018–20 period with 10 goalsof the municipal People’s Committee.
Waste water discharged from hospitals and industrial facilities must be treatedto reach certain environmental criteria, and 80 percent of household wastewater discharged from urban areas will be treated to meet environmentalstandards.
In addition, emissions from road traffic will be reduced by 70 percent, and allhousehold solid waste, hazardous waste and health-care solid waste will becollected, transported, processed, recycled and re-used to reach certainenvironmental criteria.
At least 40 percent of the city’s household waste will be recycled, with 60 percentburied under required environmental standards, while pollutants discharged intowater resources will be reduced by 90 percent.
The city will also take measures to ensure that all new rural area communesreach hygiene and environmental criteria.
Other goals include having 80 percent of the population become aware of theirenvironmental responsibility. The use of renewable energy will rise to over1.74 percent of total energy consumption in the city.
The programme also aims to enhance community responsibility and competence ofGovernment officials and managers, and to ensure that all officials and over 80percent of residents in communes and wards affected by climate change havebasic knowledge about climate change, measures to fight floods, and ways toreduce the impact of health hazards.
During the 2016 – 17 period, at least 90 percent of gas emissions in HCM Citywere treated, and all households used clean water for their daily activities.All waste burial sites reached the environmental criteria, and the forest andgreenery cover rate was over 40 percent.
During the period, the city also managed and monitored sources of waste. Over1,000cu.m of waste per day are discharged in the city.
HCM City has also worked with Binh Duong province to reduce pollution in Ba Bo Canalwhich runs through HCM City and Binh Duong province.
The city has two waste water treatment plants with total capacity of171,000cu.m.
Together with some 370cu.m of waste water treated at plants and industrialparks, these facilities treat about 21 percent of the city’s waste water perday.
HCM City plans to expand three waste water treatment facilities with totalcapacity of nearly 1 million of waste water per day. This is slated to befinished by 2020. These facilities would treat all waste water in the city. -VNA
Besides, the city will require all industrial parks and complexes, exportprocessing zones and hi-tech parks to have wastewater treatment and waste watermonitoring systems. They will all be supervised and inspected by state agencies.
The goals are part of an environment plan for the 2018–20 period with 10 goalsof the municipal People’s Committee.
Waste water discharged from hospitals and industrial facilities must be treatedto reach certain environmental criteria, and 80 percent of household wastewater discharged from urban areas will be treated to meet environmentalstandards.
In addition, emissions from road traffic will be reduced by 70 percent, and allhousehold solid waste, hazardous waste and health-care solid waste will becollected, transported, processed, recycled and re-used to reach certainenvironmental criteria.
At least 40 percent of the city’s household waste will be recycled, with 60 percentburied under required environmental standards, while pollutants discharged intowater resources will be reduced by 90 percent.
The city will also take measures to ensure that all new rural area communesreach hygiene and environmental criteria.
Other goals include having 80 percent of the population become aware of theirenvironmental responsibility. The use of renewable energy will rise to over1.74 percent of total energy consumption in the city.
The programme also aims to enhance community responsibility and competence ofGovernment officials and managers, and to ensure that all officials and over 80percent of residents in communes and wards affected by climate change havebasic knowledge about climate change, measures to fight floods, and ways toreduce the impact of health hazards.
During the 2016 – 17 period, at least 90 percent of gas emissions in HCM Citywere treated, and all households used clean water for their daily activities.All waste burial sites reached the environmental criteria, and the forest andgreenery cover rate was over 40 percent.
During the period, the city also managed and monitored sources of waste. Over1,000cu.m of waste per day are discharged in the city.
HCM City has also worked with Binh Duong province to reduce pollution in Ba Bo Canalwhich runs through HCM City and Binh Duong province.
The city has two waste water treatment plants with total capacity of171,000cu.m.
Together with some 370cu.m of waste water treated at plants and industrialparks, these facilities treat about 21 percent of the city’s waste water perday.
HCM City plans to expand three waste water treatment facilities with totalcapacity of nearly 1 million of waste water per day. This is slated to befinished by 2020. These facilities would treat all waste water in the city. -VNA
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