Hanoi needs an urgent and optimal solution for waste treatment, environmental experts have said, suggesting the construction of modern waste treatment facilities and waste sorting at source are key points to improve the city’s waste treatment capacity.
Since 2015, the city has experienced nearly 20 instances when garbage piled up on its streets when the two biggest dumping sites, Nam Son and Xuan Son waste treatment complexes, ran out of space to bury the capital’s garbage.
The City should have a specific policy on environmental fees and sanctions on violators, concurrently, a very specific policy to create a competitive environment for businesses to participate in waste collection, treatment, and recycling.
According to Hanoi’s planning on solid waste treatment by 2030 with a vision to 2050, there will be 17 waste treatment zones with a capacity of up to 1,200 tonnes per day.
Also, it is necessary to be transparent about the automatic monitoring data in the process of operating waste treatment zones as well as garbage power plants, so that people can monitor it and the management agency can make prompt decisions to ensure environmental safety.