The 2011 National Environment Report released by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on Tuesday states that solid waste material from industrial zones, urban and rural areas in Vietnam is increasing by 10 percent each year, with its components becoming more unidentifiable.
According to the report, 46 percent of this solid waste is being discharged from urban areas, 17 percent from industrial production zones and the remaining from rural areas, trade villages and the medical sector.
Toxic waste accounts for 18-25 percent of the solid waste discharged from each respective area and only about 80-82 percent of solid waste is under organised collection.
Most of the solid waste is mixed with other kinds of garbage, instead of being collected separately.
Treatment and recycling of solid and toxic waste has yet to meet standard requirements.
The report also puts forward some proposals to improve collection and treatment of both solid and toxic waste. One suggestion being that authorized organizations must build solid waste treatment plants in every locality.
