Ben Cat Town: More effective environmental protection solutions

Ben Cat town has implemented a program of sorting solid waste at the source in order to step by step improve the sense of law observance, change the habit of sorting solid waste at the source, thereby contributing environmental protection, building civilized society.

The urgent need

In recent years, Ben Cat has a fast urbanization rate, making an important contribution to the socio-economic development and improving the quality of life of people in the area.

According to statistics, at present, the total number of daily-life waste arising in the area of ​​Ben Cat Town is over 230 tons / day. All these wastes are collected and transported to the Nam Binh Duong Solid Waste Treatment Complex for classification and treatment; One part is used as compost, one is buried safely. This is a temporary solution to reduce the pressure on the environment in the town.

Functional propaganda and guidance on sorting solid waste at source and distributing garbage cans to households in Phu An commune, Ben Cat town. Photo: Thoai Phuong

In order to reduce the pressure in the treatment of the environment, to change the habits of people and to take advantage of the economic value of organic waste, Ben Cat Town is the first province in the province to implement the classification of solid waste at the source. Particularly, the town has piloted the classification of daily-life solid waste in 3 hamlets of Phu Thuan, An Thuan and Ben Giang of Phu An commune. This program aims to gradually raise the awareness of the community about environmental protection, change of habits and behavior of the environment; At the same time, the recyclable and re-usable components must be recovered so as to minimize the arising volume, save processing costs, landfill area and natural resources; Eliminating the environmental risks caused by daily-life waste; Along with that, they protect the health of the people and improve the quality of life for the people.

Huynh Thi Xuan Nuong, Vice Chairman of People's Committee of Phu An Commune said that in the 3 pilot villages, people were instructed how to sort waste at source by two types of organic and inorganic waste. Organic waste is a biodegradable type of food waste; Inorganic waste is more difficult to disintegrate or break down, such as bottles, glass jars, batteries, bulbs, etc. These two types of rubbish must be put in two different colored garbage bins to classify the organic waste and Inorganic.

In addition, in the past, Phu An commune organized propaganda and guidance to help people more information, useful knowledge about the current state of the environment; At the same time, raising awareness among households about the importance of the classification and treatment of domestic waste at home. On that basis, the local program of sorting solid waste at the source will be effectively implemented, thus expanding the program in the whole of Ben Cat Town in the coming time.

Cost savings

Experts said that the classification of domestic solid waste at the source to process organic waste into fertilizer, reuse the other materials to produce and thoroughly treat the toxic solid waste is the solution. the most intelligent today, meaning economic - social and environmental in urban. According to many survey results show that in the solid waste of daily life, the organic components are easy to decompose, capable of processing into compost of up to 70% and up to 10% of the components are recyclable. or as inputs to other manufacturing sectors. Therefore, if we control these components well at source, we will save a lot of money to carry out the transportation, processing; save the natural resources and especially immediately reduce the risk of environmental pollution can occur.

Huynh Thu Lap, Vice Chairman of Ben Cat Township People's Committee, said the propaganda and dissemination of the program on classification of daily-life solid waste at the source in Phu An commune in particular and Ben Cat town in general To raise the sense of law observance, to form a habit of classifying daily-life solid waste at the source of all classes of people in the locality, contributing to environmental protection and the building of a civilized society. The classification of solid waste at the source will save a lot of money in transporting, processing and saving natural resources and especially reducing the risk of environmental pollution ... This is the owner. Correct the town to prepare for the operation of a civilized, modern city in the future.

In order to have an effective program for the classification of solid waste at the source, Lap also proposed that the levels, branches, socio-political organizations and people in Ben Cat Town be determined together. To implement the program on sorting of daily-life solid waste at source. At the same time, all levels and branches should synchronously propagate and implement the classification of waste collection and transportation and garbage treatment, especially the transport and garbage collection in association with the emulation movement. Environment at agencies, units and communities.

Reported by Thoai Phuong – Translated by Vi Bao