The HCM City People’s Council has passed a
resolution on environmental protection and solid waste management in urban and
residential areas, with the target of significantly improving the environment,
an issue that has taken on urgency. In the resolution approved at an
extraordinary meeting on June 11th, the council assigned the People’s Committee
with educating the public about environmental protection and reducing solid
waste. By 2018 everyone in the city has to be provided with information and
education about environment protection. In the 2018-19 academic year syllabuses
of all classes will be upgraded to teach students more about environmental
protection. By 2020 the city has to fully resolve the problem of production
establishments causing pollution in residential areas. A system to monitor the
quality of the city environment will be installed. Nguyễn Thị Quyết Tâm,
chairwoman of the People’s Council, said a roadmap for classifying garbage
should be drawn up. The lawmakers want the rate of families classifying garbage
to reach 50 per cent by 2020 and keep rising. Lê Hồng Sơn, Head of the Department
of Education and Training, said city schools had integrated environmental
protection and garbage classifying into their curricula. "Students practice
what they learn at schools, but garbage collectors again mix them when
transporting the rubbish to treatment plants," he said. Tâm said the
People’s Committee should pay attention to what Sơn said. She said advanced
technologies should be used for treatment of garbage so that the amount buried
in landfills can be reduced from 80 per cent now to 50 per cent by 2020. According
to a report by the People’s Committee and a survey by the People’s Council, the
air quality in the city is still worrisome. Vương Đức Hoàng Quân, Deputy Head of
the HCM City Institute for Development Studies, said besides education severe
fines should also be used. A report by the Department of Natural Resources and
Environment showed that the city generates around 8,300 tonnes of domestic
garbage and more than 3,000 tonnes of industrial, medical and construction
waste. The former figure is forecast to increase to 13,000 tonnes by 2025. According
to Nguyễn Toàn Thắng, the department’s head, all the garbage collected now is
taken to the Đa Phước and Phước Hiệp waste treatment plants in Bình Chánh
District and Củ Chi District. But environmental pollution is caused during the
process of transport.
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