Vietnamese cities aim at waste-to-energy future

Vietnamese cities aim at waste-to-energy future

Several Vietnamese cities are striving to recycle and reuse waste, with
waste a growing concern in the country and around the world.

Waste is an environmental problem, especially in big cities, and as living
standards improve, more waste is generated.

Economic development and population growth are increasing household and
medical waste in Vietnam's cities more rapidly than in many other countries.

About 5,400 tonnes of solid household waste are generated in Hanoi each day,
with the figure in Ho Chi Minh City some 8,300 tonnes per day, which
forecasts say will hit 13,000 tonnes by 2025.

However, up to 90 percent of solid household waste in Hanoi and 76 percent
in HCM City is still buried. The rest is burned, recycled or converted into
organic fertiliser.

Temporary landfill sites are already overloaded, and the environment will be
seriously affected unless advanced technologies are applied.

In Hanoi, the municipal Party Committee is aiming to treat some more solid
waste with technology and to bury less waste.

The capital city plans to start construction of a waste treatment factory
using high technology in Bac Son commune of Soc Son district in the third
quarter of 2017. This plant is set to treat 4,000 tonnes of waste a day.

Also, the Construction Department of Hanoi plans to submit a roadmap for
applying advanced solid waste treatment technology to the municipal People's
Committee in the first quarter of next year, aiming at a lower volume of
buried waste.

HCM City authorities meanwhile encourage investors to use modern waste
treatment technologies to reduce the rate of buried waste to 50 percent in
2020 and 20 percent in 2025.

At a recent meeting with Governor of Sweden's Ostergotland county Elisabeth
Nilsson, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said one
of his city's top priorities is to apply modern European technologies in
environmental improvement.

Hanoi plans to have a waste-to-energy plant in 2019, and it will seek
private investment in waste treatment, he noted.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com