A sanitation worker collects garbage on a street in HCM City’s District 3. (Photo: VNS/VNA) The municipal People’s Committee has decided on the investmentstrategy for two projects, one of Vietstar Joint Stock Company and one of TamSinh Nghia Investment Development Joint Stock Company.
Each of them would be able to process about 2,000 tonnes of wasteper day.
The remaining three projects are finishing legal procedures forinvestment, including Vietnam Waste Solutions Inc with a capacity of 3,000tonnes per day, HCM City Urban Environment Co Ltd. with a capacity of 1,000tonnes per day, and Tasco Joint Stock Company with a capacity of 500 tonnes perday.
The People’s Committee has assigned the Refrigeration ElectricalEngineering Corporation (REE Corp) to conduct a pre-feasibility study on asolid waste treatment and energy recovery plant, which is expected to belocated at the city’s Northwest Solid Waste Treatment Complex as part of apublic-private partnership (PPP).
The city generates about 9,700 tonnes of solid waste daily withcomplicated composition and characteristics, putting great pressure on domesticwaste management, collection, transportation and treatment units.
Of that, about 70% is buried daily, while the rest is recycled orburned to generate electricity each day.
By 2025, the city aims to have 100% of its domestic solid waste becollected and treated, and at least 80% of solid household waste classified atsource.
It is taking steps to reduce the volume of buried waste, with thegoal of burying 2,600 tonnes of waste per day.
It targets having at least 80% of total domestic solid waste inurban areas be recycled for compost fertilizer or burned for electricity.
The city plans to adopt advanced waste-treatment technologies,will invest in solid waste treatment with advanced technologies that saveenergy and protect the environment, and seek recycling technology that makesrecycled products suited to the consumption habits of each locality.
The city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment isworking with other departments and agencies to encourage local waste treatmentfacilities to switch to waste-to-energy technologies.
It is also making efforts to promote digital transformation in thecollection, treatment and management of the huge volume of domestic solid wastedischarged daily./.
VNA
