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Will the sorting of waste at source become a non-starter?

Will the sorting of waste at source become a non-starter?

Vietnam plans to start sorting waste at source later this month, but I hear no mention about how it will be collected and transported.
China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain

China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain

Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.
June 19, 2022 | 07:58 pm PT
HCMC residents trash, dirty Thu Thiem urban area

HCMC residents trash, dirty Thu Thiem urban area

Streets, ponds and land plots of HCMC's Thu Thiem, expected to become the most modern area in Southeast Asia, have been turned into open landfills as people trash the place.
May 13, 2022 | 11:29 pm PT
Why have we not banned single-use plastic yet?

Why have we not banned single-use plastic yet?

Plastic waste can now be found in every corner of this planet, even inside the human body. If that doesn't terrify you, what will?
April 12, 2022 | 06:54 pm PT
Hanoi builds $175 mln waste-to-energy plant

Hanoi builds $175 mln waste-to-energy plant

Hanoi on Wednesday began construction on a VND4 trillion ($175.1 million) waste-to-energy plant in Son Tay Town.
March 31, 2022 | 04:58 pm PT
Shopping mindfully during Tet

Shopping mindfully during Tet

One of the signs Tet has arrived is the supermarket's overflow of sugar and spice, but it's not always so nice.
January 29, 2022 | 10:00 pm PT
Hanoi landfill to get $7.5 mln upgrade

Hanoi landfill to get $7.5 mln upgrade

The larger of Hanoi’s two landfills would be upgraded with leachate ponds and trash dumps at a cost of VND170 billion ($7.48 million), the city People's Committee said.
November 11, 2021 | 07:00 pm PT
Environment ministry proposes to suspend regular pollution surveys

Environment ministry proposes to suspend regular pollution surveys

The environment ministry has proposed to exempt businesses from carrying out regular environmental surveys as a Covid relief measure, but an expert said the move would be tantamount to management negligence.
September 24, 2021 | 05:07 pm PT
HCMC garbage collectors find going hard amid Covid

HCMC garbage collectors find going hard amid Covid

On a sizzling hot summer day in HCMC, environmental workers in full protective suits drive into a trash dump at a Covid-19 field hospital.
June 8, 2021 | 05:30 am PT
Polluted Saigon canal drives citizens to the brink after two decades

Polluted Saigon canal drives citizens to the brink after two decades

A cleanup of the Xuyen Tam Canal in Saigon proposed 20 years ago never took place, and an unbearable stench assails the thousands of people living around it.
March 22, 2021 | 04:43 pm PT
HCMC firms to spend $261 mln on environmental projects

HCMC firms to spend $261 mln on environmental projects

Two HCMC-owned firms said Tuesday they will spend around VND6 trillion ($261 million) in the next five years on environmental projects.
February 24, 2021 | 05:00 am PT
Hanoi Party chief sets out to right environmental wrongs

Hanoi Party chief sets out to right environmental wrongs

Hanoi will focus on resolving environmental issues this year, particularly the controversial Nam Son waste treatment complex and low tree cover.
January 14, 2021 | 06:00 pm PT
​How is garbage collected in other Asian countries? Vietnamese expats give the lowdown

​How is garbage collected in other Asian countries? Vietnamese expats give the lowdown

South Korea, Singapore and Japan have strict guidelines for disposing of waste, including prison sentences for violators, which Vietnam can learn from, according to Vietnamese living in those countries.
November 30, 2020 | 08:28 pm PT
Hanoi to sort burnable trash for efficient waste treatment

Hanoi to sort burnable trash for efficient waste treatment

The capital city will sort its trash into burnable and non-burnable categories for optimum waste processing, an official said.
November 27, 2020 | 06:00 pm PT
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