'Heated' rural waste

Rural sanitation, especially rural waste is now becoming more and more pressing. At the Workshop on Rural Waste Management and Environmental Sanitation in Northern Provinces, held on October 20 in Hanoi, participants shared the same view that a suitable policy for management and Waste treatment in rural areas.

Waste is at high risk of pollution due to less treatment.Photo: Huu Oai / TTXVN

"Hot" rural waste

Livestock waste, pesticide packaging, trade waste . are hot issues in the current rural environment.

Mr. Vu Binh Nguyen, Director of the Hanoi Center for Domestic Water and Environmental Sanitation said that the rural waste problem since the "old Hanoi" was a problem. So far, when Hanoi has expanded, the Capital daily generates 5,000 tons of solid waste, of which 1,500 tons are from rural areas.

Currently, only about 80% of communes have garbage collection teams. Of the 361/400 communes with garbage collection teams, 148 communes were able to transfer to the treatment area, while other places were still flooded everywhere in public, ponds and lakes .

In craft villages, almost no problem of waste and waste has been treated. The situation of Hanoi is also the general situation of many localities.

Farming "Burden"

In the past 10 years this toxic waste has increased more than 10 times.Source: vietbao.vn

One of the major sources of waste in rural areas is livestock waste. According to the Department of Livestock Statistics, the amount of solid waste released by livestock (manure and litter, food waste, dead cattle, poultry, slaughter waste .) in 2008 is 80 , 49 million tons. The North accounted for more than 51 million tons.

However, currently estimated, only about 40-70% of solid waste is treated. The remainder is discharged directly into ponds, lakes, canals . Solid wastes are at risk of pollution due to less thorough treatment like waste of buffaloes, goats and sheep.

Currently, solid waste treatment is simple. Mainly making use of fish food, composting fertilizer to fertilize rice, crops or raising earthworms . Solid waste has a high risk of pollution due to higher pollutant composition and dosage. into pig, dairy and poultry breeding areas. Liquid waste in livestock is also being left open.

Through biogas projects, a part of solid and liquid waste is treated with biogas technology. However, the number of families with biogas plants is not much. Waste from craft villages is an inadequate problem, most families handle it on their own.

Dr. Vu Thi Thanh Huong, Institute of Water and Environment, Vietnam Academy of Water Resources, forecast that by 2010, rural waste volume will be more than 145 million tons, will increase 173.8% compared to 2007. That is livestock waste, domestic waste, trade village waste, medical waste . Besides, the packaging of plant protection drugs is a source of hazardous waste is a concern of farmers. village

According to Trinh Cong Toan, representative of the Plant Protection Department, in the past 10 years, this toxic waste has increased more than 10 times. Calculations show that there is 1.8% of every drug in the pack. Farmers who follow the habit of finished use are to throw away immediately into the environment. Meanwhile, the packaging made of zinc paper, plastic bottles, glass bottles are thrown indiscriminately into the field, is a hazardous waste, difficult to decompose.

Overlapping management organization

Farmers who follow the habit of finished use are to throw away immediately into the environment.Source: science.com

The current rural waste management work in localities where the situation is in place is managed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, which is in charge of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. There are places where overlapping responsibilities cause this work to be left open.

Mr. Pham Van Manh, Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that in his recent mission, most departments recommended a system. clearly from central to local level specialized in rural sanitation management.

Participants of the workshop also agreed to have a clear mechanism and legal framework to encourage individuals and businesses to participate in environmental treatment, waste collection and rural waste.