Management agencies fail to expose cases of untreated solid wasteVietNamNet Bridge - Formosa’s behavior of illegally dumping solid waste has been discovered, but many other companies are escaping state management. According to MPI, in 2010, the industrial zones in Vietnam produced 8,000 tons of solid waste every day, or 3 million tons a year. About 46 percent of solid waste was created in urban areas, 17 percent in industrial production and the remaining from rural areas.At that time, the report predicted there would be changes in the structure by 2015: urban solid and industrial waste would account for 50.8 and 22.1 percent, respectively.According to MPI, in 2010, the industrial zones in Vietnam produced 8,000 tons of solid waste every day, or 3 million tons a year.In Vietnam in general, in 2005-2006, every hectare of leased land generated 134 tons of solid waste each year. The figure rose to 204 tons, or 50 percent, by 2008-2009.At that time, there were only 170 operational industrial zones. Meanwhile, 206 industrial zones had become operational by December 2015.Therefore, experts have every reason to believe that the waste discharge rate from industrial zones has exceeded the 22 percent and 6-7.5 million a year levels that the 2011 Report predicted.DNSG

Source: VietNamNet News August 22, 2016 00:11 UTC