All localities to have solid waste treatment plants by 2020

The overview of Việt Nam’s first solid waste treatment project in Hồ Chí Minh City

The Ministry said that VND 44,000 billion from State and local budgets will be disbursed for the plan until 2020.

Under the scheme, by 2015, 85% of urban solid waste will be collected and treated in accordance with the country’s environmental standards, 60%of which  is recycled.

The figures will be raised to 95% and 85% respectively by 2020.

The first plant of this kind was ground-broken in Hồ Chí Minh City in July 2005 with the minimum treatment capacity of 500 tons of solid waste/day.

The project, funded by the US-based California Waste Solutions with the total investment up to US $400 million, is capable of producing 600 tons of organic fertilizer for domestic agricultural production and export.

Meanwhile, the first solid waste treatment station using made-in-Việt Nam equipment was set to work in the central port city of Đà Nẵng in October last year.

The VND 120-billion plant is designed to convert some 650 tons of waste a day into rapeseed oil (RO) and palm oil (PO) for agricultural and industrial production.

By Hải Minh