Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has requested to postpone the deadline for treating 80% of domestic solid waste using incineration technology to generate electricity until 2027, instead of 2025 as planned.
The proposal has just been sent by the above agency to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, after assessing that waste treatment projects using new technology in the area will find it difficult to meet the completion schedule with the above rate by the end of 2025, as assigned by the city.
A waste treatment plant at the Northwest Solid Waste Treatment Complex, Cu Chi District. Photo: Ha Giang
Previously, the contract for treating domestic solid waste using incineration and recycling technology was signed by Ho Chi Minh City with 5 units, but so far only the project of Vietstar Joint Stock Company and Tam Sinh Nghia Investment - Development Joint Stock Company has had an investment policy decision.
These two projects in Cu Chi district, implemented since 2019, were expected to be completed after one year but have not yet completed legal procedures. According to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, for these projects to be completed by the end of 2025, the two companies must complete all procedures this year and build factories and install equipment in a shortened time of 18-24 months.
Meanwhile, the projects of the remaining three units, including VWS Company, Tasco and the City Urban Environment, are still undergoing procedures according to the Investment Law. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment assessed that this would be difficult to complete this year, and could even be prolonged due to legal problems. These difficulties make it difficult to achieve the goal of treating domestic waste using new technology in the area at 80% in the next two years.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City generates about 10,000 tons of waste every day, of which nearly 70% is treated by landfill, which risks polluting residential areas, the rest is burned, used to produce fertilizer, recycled... The city once determined to reduce the landfill rate to 50% by 2020, requiring factories to switch to waste-to-energy incineration technology, but this goal has not been achieved so far.
Ha Giang
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