Develop policies to encourage investment in the field of collection and treatment of domestic solid waste.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review the current status of transfer sites and landfills for domestic solid waste in the province. In the photo: A domestic waste transfer site in Kim Thanh district

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has just assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to preside over and coordinate to urgently advise the Provincial People's Committee on mechanisms and policies to encourage investment in the field of collection and treatment of domestic solid waste. Advise the Provincial People's Committee to decide on the investment policy to build a waste treatment plant with a capacity of about 700-1,000 tons/day with advanced and modern waste treatment technology...

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment shall preside over and coordinate the review of the current status of transfer stations and landfills for domestic solid waste in the province, and at the same time propose solutions to landfills that do not meet environmental technical standards, and close landfills that are full but cannot be expanded according to regulations...

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested relevant departments, branches, units, and district-level People's Committees to actively, proactively, and seriously implement the Project "Treatment of domestic solid waste in Hai Duong province for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030" according to assigned functions and tasks.

In mid-June, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council organized a thematic supervision on the collection and treatment of domestic solid waste in the province. Through the supervision, a number of limitations in the collection and treatment of domestic waste in the province were pointed out.

MINH HONG