Việt Nam has issued many legal documents on environmental protection, but waste treatment is still not highly effective and remains a difficult problem in many localities.Many experts believe that to turn waste into resources, as defined in the Green Economy and Sustainable Circular Economy Development Strategy, the key is that localities synchronously deploy waste classification at its source.National Assembly (NA) deputy of Bình Dương Province Nguyễn Quang Huân, member of the NA’s Science, Technology and Environment Committee said Việt Nam released about 60,000 tonnes of household waste every day, of which about 60 per cent was from urban areas.A report from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) shows that over 70 per cent of household waste is currently buried, of which less than 20 per cent is landfilled properly.The unsanitary landfilled waste is daily polluting the soil, water and air.Faced with this reality, the Prime Minister has issued the "National Environmental Protection Strategy to 2030, vision to 2050".The strategy sets the target that by 2025, the amount of urban domestic solid waste buried in landfills will be less than 30 per cent of the total waste, dropping to less than 10 per cent by 2030.Turning trash into electricityA spokesperson from the MONRE said that Việt Nam had about 1,712 domestic solid waste treatment facilities, including 467 domestic solid waste incinerators, 38 compost production lines and about 1,207 landfills.Nguyễn Thành Lam, an expert from the Pollution Control Department under the MONRE, proposed that the two sides should perfect policies and regulations on domestic solid waste, support waste classification, organise training activities, and introduce waste treatment technology.The two sides should also propose a model of recycling and treating household solid waste combined with energy recovery which is suitable for different regions. (ICE HO CHI MINH CITY)

Fonte notizia: Vietnam News