A new waste treatment plant was put into operation on October 4 in
Hanoi, which can process 400 tonnes of garbage a day using advanced
incineration technology.
The plant was built by
the Thang Long Environmental Service Joint Stock Company, which has won
several technology innovation prizes including an award by the World
Intellectual Property Organisation for its research project on waste
incineration with heat recovery.
Addressing the
plant’s inauguration ceremony, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s
Committee Vu Hong Khanh emphasized the need to apply
scientific-technological advances to environmental protection in general
and waste treatment in particular. He hailed the Thang Long company as
the first scientific enterprise operating in the field of environment,
adding that the city hopes more economic sectors will become involved in
this field.
More than 16,000 tonnes of
solid waste, discharged from households, industrial parks, construction
sites, and hospitals, need to be treated daily in the city by 2030.
To address the problem, Hanoi needs
about 11 trillion VND (522.3 million USD) to implement a solid waste
treatment plan to 2030 with a vision towards 2050.
Seventeen solid waste treatment facilities have therefore been zoned
off, including the eight existing ones. The total area for these plants
till 2030 will be 422 hectares.
Energy-saving and environmentally-friendly technology will be preferred to treat the waste.
To carry out the project efficiently, the capital will adopt policies
and enhance communication campaigns to raise public awareness of
environmental protection and classification of solid waste right at
home.-VNA