14TH FEBUARY 2020
today we continued with the same topic and research now it was time to research and collect data on a bigger scale .As a group we chose 5 different cities, each individual did his or her research on 1 city each we took
Seoul
Mexico city
Denmark
Vietnam
Dhaka
After collecting the data individually, we would compile the entire data into a ppt. I chose Vietnam as a part of my research. Vietnam is among the top four countries which produce the most plastic waste in the world, at 280,000 tons per year, according to a World Bank report. Over 70 percent this is buried, leading to loss of land area and pollution. The country produces 25.5 million tons of waste per year, of which 75 percent is buried. Several burial sites in major cities like Hanoi, HCMC or Da Nang are overloaded and affecting lives
steps taken
•Started by Department of Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2013, the program has been implemented in 22 provinces and cities in the Southern part of the country. So far, 167 farms growing key export plants such as rice, dragon fruit, grape fruit, mango, star apple etc have dumped toxic waste as required. Currently, the program has built 756 holes for pesticide packaging on the field and farms. It aims to raise awareness of environmental protection, guide farmers from safe and effective use of agro-medicine to collecting and destructing of hazardous waste. Over the past 7 years, the program has mobilized farmers to collect and destroy more than 60 tones of used pesticide packaging from the field.
•Operated by Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS), the Da Phuoc Integrated Waste Management Facility receives 5,700 tons of domestic waste, or more than two thirds of the city’s total, daily.So far VWS has been dealing with a majority of garbage simply by burying it, and this has been blamed for the pervasive stink
. •HCMC, Vietnam’s biggest city, seeks to become the pioneer in sorting trash at home and rolled out a plan for it last year. All households have to separate organic and inorganic waste after 2020 or pay a fine.
My Recommendation:
i.Awareness raising activities as seminars and workshop on hazardous waste for waste generators and waste treatment facility. ii.Development of information education and communication material iii.Training programs for regulating officers to enhance the implementing capability. iv.Public awareness of health education should be raised through public campaigns. v.Monitoring facilities regarding pollution have to improve. vi.Proper implementation of laws and regulation. vii.Improved collection and transportation equipment’s. viii.Public awareness of waste segregation recycling and reuse to be raised through public campaigns and media demonstrations through NGOs ix.The municipality should facilitate innovative community, based programs rather than capital-intensive projects. There are solutions but problems need to be addressed in effective manner and solutions to reach to the public. The suggestions given in this paper are simple and affordable and if followed , will certainly help in reducing pollution to some extent.
this reserch on the global level helped me to understand the difference between household level to mumbai level and global level . I could easily compare the waste management.
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