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Hanoi (VNA) – The 2020 Law on EnvironmentalProtection stipulates that before December 31, 2024, all households must sort domestic waste prior to discharge.
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Nguyen Hung Thinh, deputy head of the VietnamEnvironment Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment (MONRE), pointed out limitations in solid waste managementregarding policies, infrastructure and implementation.
The high rate of solid domestic waste buried ispartially due to the lack of attention to the waste sorting, he said, addingthat poor infrastructure has also affected the efficiency of small-scale wasteseparation models in localities.
To deal with these shortcomings, the 2020 Law onEnvironmental Protection prescribes volume-based fees on collecting,transporting and treating domestic solid waste.
This is an amendment of the new law, requiringhouseholds and individuals to sort their domestic waste into three groups:recyclable, food, and others.
The amended law also stipulates that domestic solid waste which has been recycled is not subject to waste collection,transportation and treatment fees.
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Food waste and waste classified as other types must beput in packages and transferred to treatment establishments.
Provincial People's Committees have the right todetermine the fees, while the unit that collects and transports solid waste eachday has the right to refuse to collect and transport the waste of householdsand individuals that is not sorted, according to the new law.
Detailed plans for waste sorting at source andvolume-based waste collection must be completed by local authorities no laterthan December 31, 2024.
The MONRE has learned from the models and experiencesof other countries while studying amendments to laws./.
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