Waste treatment infrastructure needs to be invested synchronously.

Initial results

In order to improve community capacity in plastic waste management, the People's Committee of Thuan An Ward, Thuan Hoa District has promoted propaganda on environmental protection and plastic waste management. Mr. Dao Quang Hung, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thuan An Ward, said that in 2024, the locality distributed 330 plastic baskets to people to limit the use of plastic bags and distributed 326 plastic waste bins to households.

The ward's departments and organizations also launched "Green Sunday" with 36 sessions/1,400 participants. Socio-political organizations have trained more than 100 people on collection instructions, PLRTN, and application of microorganisms in organic waste treatment at home.

From 2022 to present, agencies and departments have implemented PLRTN for 36/36 wards and communes in Phu Xuan and Thuan Hoa districts and a number of pilot models in other localities in the city. In addition to the two districts that have implemented it simultaneously, PLRTN work has also been developed and implemented by localities, encouraging people to use food waste for livestock farming and gardening.

Localities also promote the movement to build a civilized urban lifestyle, the whole population participates in protecting the environment to ensure a green - clean - beautiful landscape; implement the program "Green Sunday", the movement "Say no to plastic bags and single-use plastic products", contributing to building a green - clean - bright city.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment (DARD) assessed that the investment and operation of the Phu Son Waste-to-Energy Plant has dramatically changed the technology of treating domestic solid waste (SWM), in order to overcome the situation of using landfill technology that does not meet environmental protection requirements. From there, gradually moving towards ending the treatment of SWM by direct landfill.

The City People's Committee has directed localities to organize propaganda and implement the signing of PLRTN commitments for households and individuals to raise people's awareness and disseminate State policies and regulations on PLRTN work.

There are many difficulties

One of the important goals of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 is effective waste management, including sorting solid waste at source and treating hazardous waste. However, the implementation of these regulations has encountered some difficulties and shortcomings, especially in implementing waste sorting programs in the community and developing collection and transportation norms, and pricing plans for waste collection and treatment services according to classification.

According to the Department of Agriculture and Environment, currently, solid waste is classified into groups such as food waste, recyclable waste, hazardous waste and other types of waste. However, most waste is not classified at the source, classification programs are still experimental, not uniform, and not yet formalized. Classification is not thorough, and control is difficult, so it is difficult to apply the regulation of service prices for each type of waste to encourage classification for households.

In addition, infrastructure, equipment, and essential means for collecting, transporting, and treating solid waste have not received synchronous investment. In the city, there is no centralized treatment unit for food waste, and people are mainly encouraged to convert it into animal feed or self-treat it by composting. In places where there are no suitable treatment measures, food waste is collected together with the remaining groups.

Mr. Dang Phuoc Binh, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, said that to ensure effective PLRTN, there needs to be a standard process from the central to local levels, suitable for current practical conditions, in which it is necessary to clarify the classification work from households/facilities, the process of collecting waste after classification for each type of waste to transport to recycling and treatment facilities. At the same time, it is necessary to develop software for waste collection, transportation, and treatment, in which it is necessary to meet the requirements on the location of each type of waste, classification points, collection routes, time, and collection frequency; reflect on the scene of waste, publicize information on violations...

Article and photos: HA NGUYEN

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