Ho Chi Minh City plans to reduce environmental pollution by reducing therate of buried waste to under 40 percent by the end of the year.
Eighty percent of municipal waste is now buried in dumps.
Thecity produces the largest amount of urban waste in the country, up to8,000 tonnes per day, and only 20 percent are treated by moderntechnology.
"Waste is considered a resource for recycling, andthe most common way now is to burn waste to make electricity," NguyenHuy Hoan, deputy head of the Industry and Trade Ministry's Science andTechnology Department, was quoted as saying in Sai Gon Giai Phong(Liberated Sai Gon) newspaper.
Burning waste to generateelectricity would help limit underground water pollution by waste waterleakage and reduce the need for large burial dump sites.
Manyinvestors are ready to invest in modern waste treatment plants with acapacity of 1,000 tonnes per day. Each plant would need about 150-180million USD.
"We are ready to invest, but the city must provide acertain amount of waste for us for at least 20 years of the project,"Huynh Minh Nhut, director of the Urban Environment Limited Company,said.
More than 80 countries have applied modern technology totreat waste, but HCM City, Hanoi and Hai Phong have used it only on asmall scale.
"Both Hanoi and HCM City have sufficient conditionsto generate electricity from waste as they have a lot of waste and theprice for land is very high," said Pham Trung Thuc of the Industry andTrade's Energy General Department.
The Government has been encouraging investors to take part in projects that generate electricity, especially from waste.
Undertheir proposal, investors would receive fees for the waste treatment.Selling prices for each kWh of electricity would be 2,200 VND (10 USDcents).
Preferential taxes, cheap land rentals and low interest rate on loans would also be provided to investors.
Investorsmay also receive 50 percent of expenditures for their equipment fromthe Japanese government if their equipment meets requirements of CO2reduction and environmentally friendly conditions.
"The onlyproblem now is how to ensure waste for plants. In the near future, thecity also wants to prohibit the burying of waste," Le Manh Ha, DeputyChairman of the municipal People's Committee, said.-VNA
Eighty percent of municipal waste is now buried in dumps.
Thecity produces the largest amount of urban waste in the country, up to8,000 tonnes per day, and only 20 percent are treated by moderntechnology.
"Waste is considered a resource for recycling, andthe most common way now is to burn waste to make electricity," NguyenHuy Hoan, deputy head of the Industry and Trade Ministry's Science andTechnology Department, was quoted as saying in Sai Gon Giai Phong(Liberated Sai Gon) newspaper.
Burning waste to generateelectricity would help limit underground water pollution by waste waterleakage and reduce the need for large burial dump sites.
Manyinvestors are ready to invest in modern waste treatment plants with acapacity of 1,000 tonnes per day. Each plant would need about 150-180million USD.
"We are ready to invest, but the city must provide acertain amount of waste for us for at least 20 years of the project,"Huynh Minh Nhut, director of the Urban Environment Limited Company,said.
More than 80 countries have applied modern technology totreat waste, but HCM City, Hanoi and Hai Phong have used it only on asmall scale.
"Both Hanoi and HCM City have sufficient conditionsto generate electricity from waste as they have a lot of waste and theprice for land is very high," said Pham Trung Thuc of the Industry andTrade's Energy General Department.
The Government has been encouraging investors to take part in projects that generate electricity, especially from waste.
Undertheir proposal, investors would receive fees for the waste treatment.Selling prices for each kWh of electricity would be 2,200 VND (10 USDcents).
Preferential taxes, cheap land rentals and low interest rate on loans would also be provided to investors.
Investorsmay also receive 50 percent of expenditures for their equipment fromthe Japanese government if their equipment meets requirements of CO2reduction and environmentally friendly conditions.
"The onlyproblem now is how to ensure waste for plants. In the near future, thecity also wants to prohibit the burying of waste," Le Manh Ha, DeputyChairman of the municipal People's Committee, said.-VNA
