Ho Chi Minh City has decided to amend the way to classify waste into two groups, the group of reusable and recyclable wastes and the remaining group of wastes.
Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has just issued a decision regarding the amendment, supplementation, and deregulation of a number of regulations on domestic solid waste management (MSW) in the city. Including regulations on the modification of garbage classification.
Ho Chi Minh City changed the way of classifying garbage into two groups. Photo: NGUYEN CHAU According to previous regulations, individuals, households, and solid waste source owners must be classified into three groups: Group of easy-to-biodegradable organic waste (leftovers, leaves, vegetables, fruits, animal carcasses. ); group of reusable and recyclable wastes (paper, plastic, metal, rubber, nylon, glass) and the remaining group of wastes (excluding hazardous waste generated from households, owners waste sources). To match the current treatment technology that focuses on recycling technology and incineration technology, Ho Chi Minh City has decided to amend the way of classifying garbage into two groups. Specifically, the group of wastes capable of reuse, recycling and the remaining group of wastes (excluding hazardous waste generated from households, waste generators. In the past, the city’s waste treatment was mainly landfilled. Part of MSW is treated by incineration (without energy recovery), fertilizer production and recycling. However, this is still limited and has not met the needs of the city.
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