HCM City faces a shortage of garbage
collection stations, with empty pavements in public areas often used as
makeshift stations. At the collection stations, rubbish is collected, sorted
for disposal and then transferred to dumping sites or treatment zones, but
these unhygienic tasks have been performed in public areas. Meanwhile, current
garbage stations are dilapidated and overloaded, polluting the environment and
becoming a nightmare for those living nearby. A garbage collection station
located at the Quang Trung-Tân Sơn Intersection in Gò Vấp District is an
example. The station has become a nightmare for local people, including
hundreds of students and teachers from the school nearby. Lê Văn Trúc,
resident in Ward 8, told Hà Nội Mới (New Ha Noi) newspaper that the garbage
collection station was built ten years ago, causing a terrible odour and
traffic chaos. He said locals asked authorised agencies to move the station,
but received no reply. In the area near September 23 Park in District 1, three
stations plague the downtown area of the city. The one on Hai Bà Trưng Road
has become overloaded due to the large amount of rubbish collected from Bến
Nghé and Bến Thành wards. Phạm Lê Nghĩa, resident in Bến Nghé Ward, said
garbage was collected twice a day. Rubbish was being thrown into the street,
attracting flies and affecting traffic. Three other stations on Phạm Ngũ Lão
and Lê Lai roads are in the same situation. Lê Văn Thiện, worker of Public
Service District 1 Co Ltd said workers knew of the complaints of local people
about the pollution from the stations, but there’s nothing they can do. Most of
the stations were overloaded, he said, the workers had to make use of every
square metre of empty space at bus stations, parks or pavements to do their
job. “We’ve been trying to clean the areas after finishing our job,” he said. Reports
from the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment showed that
there were 31 garbage collection stations in the city. Of that number, only
five met hygiene and environmental protection requirements. HCM City discharges
nearly 8,000 tonnes of domestic waste per day on average. Nguyễn Minh Hoà of
HCM City’s University of Social Science and Humanity faculty said this was a
worrisome issue as a clean, civilised city should pay attention to
environmental issues. Phạm Hồng Cầu, general director of Đại Phúc
Construction and Trading Co Ltd said that garbage collection stations should be
located far from traffic and be isolated from residential areas by green trees.
It must have capacity of between 60-200 tonnes of waste per day, and use
technology to keep noise, dust and smell from spreading to the surrounding
environment. Most stations fall short of these requirements, he said. Nguyễn
Thị Thanh Mỹ, Deputy Director of the city’s department said the amount of
waste had increased five per cent annually. The main problem was building new
garbage collection stations and upgrading current facilities with the city’s
limited land funds. According to experts, the city should devise a roadmap to
curb environmental pollution. Overloaded and downgraded stations should be
closed down and moved to suitable locations.
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