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Assessing the management of the rural domestic solid waste in the Red River delta

Abstract

The unappropriated collected and treated solid waste is the one of main sources of severe pollution of the environment in rural area in Viet Nam. Therefore, the management of rural solid waste is becoming necessary. By using the collection data method and survey, community, the study has shown that the total amount of solid municipal waste created from Red River Delta which are 2,591,235 tons per year. The generation rate for solid waste in the rural is 0.3 ¸ 0.5 kg/person/day. The rate of collected waste is counts 79.1% of total waste. However, there is different to the rate of waste collection between provinces, which ranges from 67% to 95%. The organic in the solid waste is high, about 55 ¸ 74% of total solid waste. Only 1.78% of solid waste are separated at the sources (equal to 46,180 tons per year). Currently, there are 4 treatment methods to treat solid municipal waste. Almost the solid waste is treated by landfilling (61.1%), 16.7% is treated by burning and incineration, and composting is 1.5%. The rest amount is self-treated by residents by combustion, dumping of composting in their property gardens. To contribute to rural development for Red River Delta towards sustainability, the improvement of solid waste management is essential. The management includes waste separation, collection, storage and treatment of solid waste in order to protect our living environment.