Hai Duong asked to attract more investors to modern waste treatment
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan on April 8 asked the northern province of Hai Duong to reduce the practice of burying of waste and called for more investors to building waste treatment plants using advanced technology.
Hai Duong (VNA) – Deputy Minister of NaturalResources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan on April 8 asked the northern provinceof Hai Duong to reduce the practice of burying of waste and called for moreinvestors to building waste treatment plants using advanced technology.
During a working session with provincial leaders, the officialalso noted that 70 percent of waste have been buried, which is expected to bedecreased to 30 percent in 2025 following a planning approved by the PrimeMinister.
Nhan asked Hai Duong to design support policies to attractinvestors, while strengthening communications to raise public awareness ofreducing the use of plastic bags and sorting waste.
According to the People’s Committee of Hai Duong, theprovince releases about 900 tonnes of household solid waste each day, of which307 tonnes are from urban areas and the rest from rural areas where only 75.5percent of waste were collected in 2017.
Hai Duong has approved a planning of six concentrated wastetreatment areas, along with 55 hectares of planned waste burying fields in2020.
Currenly, 42 collection teams, seven cooperatives and fourcompanies are engaging in gathering garbage in urban areas and 1,152 otherteams in rural areas.
Nguyen Anh Cuong, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee ofHai Duong, said that household solid waste in urban areas are treated byburning and burying, while most of the wastes in rural area are buried.
However, agricultural wastes such as pesticide containershave yet to be properly collected, he said.
Cuong reported that Hai Duong has about 835 landfills, ofwhich only 179 meet sanitation requirements.-VNA
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