Operation of an incinerator in Binh Xuyen district (Photo: baovinhphuc.com.vn) Vinh Phuc (VNA) – The northern province of VinhPhuc has earmarked nearly 2.14 trillion VND (93.86 million USD) to collect,transfer and handle daily waste at all levels, in a bid to ease environmentalpollution.
Of the amount, more than 655 billion VND will be from socialsources.
Statistics showed that about 920 tonnes of rubbish are discharged daily in the province, 570 tonnes of them in the rural areas.
The waste collection rate stays at more than 75 percent inthe rural and 95 percent in the urban areas.
Vinh Phuc has built a project to collect and handle daily trashto 2025, with a vision to 2030.
An ongoing project on the construction of a concentrated waste treatment zone in Yen Lac district (Photo: baovinhphuc.com.vn) It aims to complete a comprehensive waste treatment system acrossthe province by 2025, raising the collection rate in the urban and rural areas to97 percent and 90 percent, respectively; and reuse all landfill sites by 2030.
To this end, the province has bolstered communications toraise public awareness of waste collection and sorting; promulgatedincentives for recycled materials and firms and cooperative engaging in thework; and supported human resources training and recruitment at concentratedwaste treatment plants.
Vinh Phuc is listing projects on the construction of concentratedwaste treatment plants as those call for social resources, as well as applyingnew and environmentally friendly technologies.
The province is currently home to 34 firms, 117 cooperativesand groups involving in waste treatment, together with 37 small-scale incineratorsand 232 landfill sites covering 31 ha, and a concentrated incinerator capableof handling 75 tonnes per day and night in Tam Duong district./.
