A garbage truck on display at the exibition in Da Nang city (Photo: VNA) Theevents on August 25 and 26 are held by the Da Nang Department of NaturalResources and Environment in coordination with the Vietnam Urban and IndustrialZone Environment Association, the Vietnam Environmental Industry Association,and the Vietnam Waste Recycling Association.
Theconference sees the participation of 20 speakers who are policymakers, managers,scientists, and representatives of businesses operating in the environmentalsector.
Inparticular, international speakers delivered many notable speeches onenvironmental issues such as waste management solutions in Japan (by AdachiIchiro, an environmental management specialist from the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency - JICA), highly efficient waste-to-energy solutions fromFinland (by Valmet Matti Riitto from the BMH Technology company), thecooperation in urban solid waste treatment between the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea (by Kwan-young Kim from theKorean Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technologies).
Meanwhile,the international exhibition features 35 booths covering over 1,000 squaremetres where modern equipment and technologies for urban waste collection,transportation, and treatment are showcased by many domestic and foreignbusinesses.
A numberof activities are also taking place on the sidelines of these events, includinga display of environment-themed paintings by children, a waste-for-gift festival, and a workshop for connecting supply anddemand and granting investment certificates to enterprises.
LeQuang Nam, Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee, said this is the firsttime his city has hosted such significant events, expected to help Da Nang access advancedand environmentally friendly solutions and technologies for solid wastetreatment, thus promoting a model of circular economy, green growth, andsustainable development.
Headded this is also a chance for the city to attract investment from the privateand foreign sectors to the sorting, collection, and treatment of solid waste tohelp carry out a plan on building Da Nang into an eco-friendly city.
Visitors to the exhibition on waste treatment and environmental technology and solutions in Da Nang (Photo: VNA) Therefore,it is necessary to have all-round solutions from management models and wastetreatment technologies in order to control and thoroughly deal withenvironmental pollution, he noted.
Thinhexpressed his belief that the conference and exhibition will help managers,scientists, investors, and technology companies to meet each other to work outadvanced and modern solutions appropriate to each locality’s conditions. Experiencewill also be shared to help with the enforcement of the 2020 Law onEnvironmental Protection, and with the formation of new waste management methodsand behaviours, thereby contributing to a circular economy in Vietnam.
Over the recent past, the population growth and socio-economic development have ledto a surge in the goods consumption and, subsequently, the solid waste volume. The amountof solid waste released from daily activities increases by 10 - 16% each year.
Themain disposal method at present is burying wastes at landfills, which accountsfor 71%. However, only 20% of the existing facilities meet standards while the land reservesfor this purpose in localities are shrinking, statistics show.
According to the Ministryof Natural Resources and Environment, the volume of collected solid wastedoubled between 2015 and 2019, from 32,400 tonnes to 65,000 tonnes perday, of which 35,600 tonnes or over 50% came from urban areas althoughthe rural population is twice as large as that in urban areas.
In 2019, only 85% of the collected solid waste was treated in ways meeting the national technical standards, up 10% from 2015. TheGovernment aims to increase the rate to 90% for urban waste and 85% for ruralwaste by 2025, and 100% by 2050./.
VNA
