Illustrative image (Source: Internet) Binh Duong (VNA) – The Binh Duong wastetreatment complex, the second stage, was put into use in Ben Cat town, thesouthern province of Binh Duong on January 10 after 18 months of construction,four months ahead of schedule.
The second stage of the project cost over 180 billion VND (8million USD), nearly 131 billion VND of which came from Finnish officialdevelopment assistance and the remaining from the provincial budget.
It included the construction of a biogas-fueled powergeneration complex with a capacity of 820KW and an incinerator of hazardouswastes with a daily capacity of 100 tonnes, and the doubling of the capacity ofa waste compost plant to 840 tonnes per day.
Work on the 30.5 million USD complex, invested by the BinhDuong Water – Environment JSC, started in January 2004. The 100ha facility is now capable of handling1,200 tonnes of household wastes, 400 tonnes of industrial wastes, 200 tonnesof hazardous industrial wastes and 3 tonnes of medical wastes.
Once fully completed, it is expected to handle around 3,000tonnes of household wastes and more than 1,000 tonnes of industrial wastes.
According to environment experts, it is the most perfectwaste treatment complex in Vietnam up to now.
Deputy Minister of Construction Phan Thi My Linh said therate of solid household waste landfill nationwide accounts for 77.5 percent.
There are 161 incinerators across the country at present, 22of them have a capacity of 100 tonnes per day. It is targeted that between nowand 2020, 2 percent of them use collected energy for electricity generation andanother 2 percent for other purposes.-VNA
The second stage of the project cost over 180 billion VND (8million USD), nearly 131 billion VND of which came from Finnish officialdevelopment assistance and the remaining from the provincial budget.
It included the construction of a biogas-fueled powergeneration complex with a capacity of 820KW and an incinerator of hazardouswastes with a daily capacity of 100 tonnes, and the doubling of the capacity ofa waste compost plant to 840 tonnes per day.
Work on the 30.5 million USD complex, invested by the BinhDuong Water – Environment JSC, started in January 2004. The 100ha facility is now capable of handling1,200 tonnes of household wastes, 400 tonnes of industrial wastes, 200 tonnesof hazardous industrial wastes and 3 tonnes of medical wastes.
Once fully completed, it is expected to handle around 3,000tonnes of household wastes and more than 1,000 tonnes of industrial wastes.
According to environment experts, it is the most perfectwaste treatment complex in Vietnam up to now.
Deputy Minister of Construction Phan Thi My Linh said therate of solid household waste landfill nationwide accounts for 77.5 percent.
There are 161 incinerators across the country at present, 22of them have a capacity of 100 tonnes per day. It is targeted that between nowand 2020, 2 percent of them use collected energy for electricity generation andanother 2 percent for other purposes.-VNA
