Ho Chi Minh City began the construction of a solid waste treatment and recycling factory with capacity able to be raised to meet the demand in Cu Chi district on November 22.
The construction of the Tasco Cu Chi waste treatment and recycling factory begins on November 22 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City began theconstruction of a solid waste treatment and recycling factory with capacityable to be raised to meet the demand in Cu Chi district on November 22.
The plant, located at the Tay Bac solid wastetreatment complex, is invested with nearly 1 trillion VND (42.8 million USD)and scheduled to become operational in the next two years.
It is designed to handle 500 tonnes of waste perday, and the capacity will be able to increase to meet the city’s wastetreatment demand.
Chau Phuoc Minh, a representative of theinvestor – Tasco JSC, said the waste-to-energy plant will be equipped withmodern technologies to produce high-quality organic fertilizer from organicwaste and non-baked bricks from ash. It will also make use of landfill leachateto produce electricity.
The factory’s design will also be favourable forlocal residents to visit and examine its activities, he added.
Asko Ojaniemi, a Finnish waste treatment expert,said environmental organisations of Finland will give advice and technicalsupport to help the plant succeed in turning waste into materials for makingdifferent products.
According to the HCM City Department of NaturalResources and Environment, more than 9,000 tonnes of solid waste are dischargedin the city each day, with 76 percent buried, 14.7 percent recycled and 9.3percent burned.
The city is calling for investment in wastetreatment, especially waste-to-energy technologies, so as to reduce the rate ofburied waste to 50 percent by 2020 and 20 percent by 2050.-VNA
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The construction of the Tasco Cu Chi waste treatment and recycling factory begins on November 22 (Photo: VNA) 
