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Urban household solid waste collection rate hit 96% after decade

The proportion of urban household solid waste collection nationwide grew from 84% in 2012 to 96% in 2022, heard an August 14 workshop reviewing a decade of implementing the 11th Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW.
Urban household solid waste collection rate hit 96% after decade ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan at the event. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Theproportion of urban household solid waste collection nationwide grew from 84%in 2012 to 96% in 2022, heard an August 14 workshop reviewing a decade of implementingthe 11th Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW.

The function was held by theMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in Ho Chi Minh City to collect the southern region’s feedback on the implementation of the document, dated June 3, 2013, concerning proactive climate change response, enhanced resource management, and environmental protection.

Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan notedthe ten years saw increasing attention paid on these activities, with the Partyissuing six more relevant resolutions considering the environment a condition,foundation, and prerequisite for sustainable socio-economic development.

As reported, the damage caused by natural disasters in the 2018-2022 period decreasedby 18% in terms of casualties and 34% in material damage compared to these of2013-2017.

Between 2012 and 2022, theproportion of solid household waste that had to be buried declined from 90% to65%, while the rate of industrial zones equipped with wastewater treatmentsystems rose to 91% from 60%. Also by 2022, 92.5% of rural householdsnationwide had access to sanitary water, a 12% increase.

Regarding further conductionof the resolution in the near future, Deputy Director of the HCM CityDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Thi Thanh My suggestedintroducing financial mechanisms to encourage the participation of businesses,organisations, and individuals in climate change response and environmentalprotection activities.

Deputy Director of the BaRia-Vung Tau Department of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Son Hairecommended that the management of overflow rainwater facing investmentprojects that involve land use changes like those on infrastructure, transport,and urban development should be the foremost issue to be considered and quicklylegislated./.
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