The Hanoi People’s Committee hasintroduced fines of up to 15 million VND (789 USD) for people caughtillegally discharging solid and domestic waste.
It is the first time the city has issued administrative punishments for activities that pollute the environment.
Under the new rules, people who illegally transport solid waste couldface fines of up to 10-15 million VND (526-789 USD), those caughtlittering city streets with solid waste could be fined 5-10 million VND(263-526 USD), and those caught discharging domestic waste could befined between 100,000-300,000 VND (5.2-15.7 USD).
In addition to fines, violators would also be required to rectify theeffects that their waste disposal caused on the environment. Activitiesthat obstruct waste management would also be liable to punishment inaccordance with environment protection laws.
The new rules are only the first step to classify and control waste toensure the development of an effective recycling system that minimisesthe amount of waste buried in landfills, said Nguyen Van Khoi from theHanoi People’s Committee.
Nguyen Thi Thanh, a worker of the city’s Urban Environmental HygieneCompany, said that the fines are strict enough to discourage peoplefrom discharging waste in the public places.
However Thanh said she wondered whether the city’s Transport and PublicWorks Department would allocate enough officers to enforce theregulations.
Statistics released by the ministry show the average amount of garbagedischarged daily by each household amounts to between 0.6kg in ruralareas and about 1kg in urban areas in Hanoi - rates that are steadilyincreasing.
Each day, more than 3,500 tonnes of rubbish are discharged in Hanoi./.
It is the first time the city has issued administrative punishments for activities that pollute the environment.
Under the new rules, people who illegally transport solid waste couldface fines of up to 10-15 million VND (526-789 USD), those caughtlittering city streets with solid waste could be fined 5-10 million VND(263-526 USD), and those caught discharging domestic waste could befined between 100,000-300,000 VND (5.2-15.7 USD).
In addition to fines, violators would also be required to rectify theeffects that their waste disposal caused on the environment. Activitiesthat obstruct waste management would also be liable to punishment inaccordance with environment protection laws.
The new rules are only the first step to classify and control waste toensure the development of an effective recycling system that minimisesthe amount of waste buried in landfills, said Nguyen Van Khoi from theHanoi People’s Committee.
Nguyen Thi Thanh, a worker of the city’s Urban Environmental HygieneCompany, said that the fines are strict enough to discourage peoplefrom discharging waste in the public places.
However Thanh said she wondered whether the city’s Transport and PublicWorks Department would allocate enough officers to enforce theregulations.
Statistics released by the ministry show the average amount of garbagedischarged daily by each household amounts to between 0.6kg in ruralareas and about 1kg in urban areas in Hanoi - rates that are steadilyincreasing.
Each day, more than 3,500 tonnes of rubbish are discharged in Hanoi./.
