A worker collecting rubbish for treatment at the Nam Son waste dumping station in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has revealed a plan to check 51 solid waste treatment facilities in 25 provinces and cities throughout the country. The plan is to make a comprehensive assessment on the current state management over waste treatment, according to the ministry. Four working groups will be set up to examine these facilities, including those with high capacities, typical technologies or located in places with problems on waste management, the ministry said last week. Examination will focus on the facilities’ compliance with regulations on environmental protection and environment dossiers approved by State management offices such as the making of environmental protection assessment reports, environmental protection plans and designed capacities in comparison with the real amount of waste they receive. Treatment methods … [Read more...] about Ministry to examine solid waste treatment facilities
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Solid waste treatment facilities to be examined [Upd 1]
Workers collecting rubbish for treatment at Nam Sơn waste dumping station in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Bùi Tường HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has revealed a plan to check 51 solid waste treatment facilities in 25 provinces and cities throughout the country. The plan is to make a comprehensive assessment on State management over current waste treatment management work, according to the ministry. Four working groups will be set up to examine these facilities, including those with high capacities, typical technologies or located in places with problems on waste management, the ministry said last week. Examination will focus on the facilities’ compliance with regulations on environmental protection and environment dossiers approved by State management offices such as the making of environmental protection assessment reports, environmental protection plans and designed capacities in comparison … [Read more...] about Solid waste treatment facilities to be examined [Upd 1]
Solid waste treatment facilities to be examined
Workers collecting rubbish for treatment at Nam Sơn waste dumping station in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Bùi Tường HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has revealed a plan to check 51 solid waste treatment facilities in 25 provinces and cities throughout the country. The plan is to make a comprehensive assessment on State management over current waste treatment management work, according to the ministry. Four working groups will be set up to examine these facilities, including those with high capacities, typical technologies or located in places with problems on waste management, the ministry said last week. Examination will focus on the facilities’ compliance with regulations on environmental protection and environment dossiers approved by State management offices such as the making of environmental protection assessment reports, environmental protection plans and designed capacities in comparison … [Read more...] about Solid waste treatment facilities to be examined
Vietnam seeks models of solid waste treatment technology
The Hanoitimes - Vietnam’s current daily-life solid waste management has not met the requirements of environmental protection as it has not been managed and disposed in a safe way. Vietnam to promote the use of cast iron slag Mobile app to help classify solid waste at home Hanoi to take numerous measures for industrial pollution treatment Vietnam is seeking models of daily-life solid waste treatment technology, such was the purpose at the workshop on "Scheme for daily-life solid waste management” held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Hanoi on January 28. Nguyen Thuong Hien, a representative from the Vietnam Environment Administration speaks at the workshop. Photo: Anh Kiet According to reports of departments of natural resources and environment of provinces and cities nationwide, Vietnamese cities dump about 38,000 tons of solid waste per day and only 85% of those are collected, while rural areas discharge 32,000 tons, just … [Read more...] about Vietnam seeks models of solid waste treatment technology
Solid waste treatment remains questionable
An environmental service worker classifies garbage at a landfill in Thái Bình Province’s Vũ Hội Commune, some 120km southeast of Hà Nội. The large amount of garbage has caused environmental pollution, but no measures have been taken to solve the problem. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế DuyệtViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — In 2017, up to 38,000 tonnes of municipal waste is generated a day in Việt Nam and a lack of proper solutions to the waste problem is harming the urban environment. A group of specialists, including Lê Hoàng Anh, Mạc Thị Minh Trà and Nguyễn Thị Bích Loan, from the Northern Centre for Environmental Monitoring Portal under the Việt Nam Environment Administration discovered municipal solid waste in the country increases 10 to 16 per cent each year. Hà Nội, HCM City, Đà Nẵng and Hải Phòng account for 45.24 per cent of solid … [Read more...] about Solid waste treatment remains questionable