A worker collecting rubbish for treatment at the Nam Son waste dumping station in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry ofNatural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has revealed a plan to check 51 solidwaste treatment facilities in 25 provinces and cities throughout the country.
The plan is to make a comprehensive assessmenton the current state management over waste treatment, according to theministry.
Four working groups will be set up to examinethese facilities, including those with high capacities, typical technologies orlocated in places with problems on waste management, the ministry said lastweek.
Examination will focus on the facilities’compliance with regulations on environmental protection and environmentdossiers approved by State management offices such as the making ofenvironmental protection assessment reports, environmental protection plans anddesigned capacities in comparison with the real amount of waste they receive.
Treatment methods and technologies of thefacilities, along with the origins of the technologies and their efficiency inthe protection of the environment will also be checked.
Samples will be collected for testing. To ensurethe objectivity and accuracy of the tests, the collection and analysis of thesamples will be done by two independent units.
The ministry has asked localities throughout the country to report on their managementover solid waste treatment so as to work out measures to intensify themanagement.
According to a report released late last year bythe General Statistics Office of Vietnam on solid waste collection andtreatment, nearly 20 percent of solid waste in the country was not treatedproperly following national standards.
In 2017, as many as 37,800 tonnes of solid wastewere collected. About 31,600 tonnes were treated after collection. That meansmore than 6,000 tonnes of waste were left untreated, not to mention largequantity of solid waste being discharged every day without collection andtreatment.
The country discharges 19,000 tonnes ofrubbish, of which 16 percent is made up of plastic waste, every day.-VNS/VNA
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