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Decision No: 1979/QD-TTg dated October 14, 2016 of the Prime Minister on approval for solid waster management planning in northern key economic region by 2030

Date: 10/14/2016

 
THE PRIME MINISTER
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:1979/QD-TTg
Hanoi, October 14, 2016
DECISION
ON APPROVAL FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING IN NORTHERN KEY ECONOMIC REGION BY 2030
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Government organization dated June 19, 2015;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No.59/2007/ND-CP on solid waste management dated April 09, 2007;
Pursuant to the Decision No. 198/2014/QD-TTg dated January 25, 2014 by the Prime Minister on approval for the master plan on socio-economic development in Northern key economic region to 2020 and visions towards 2030;
Pursuant to the Decision No.2149/QD-TTg dated November 20, 2009 by the prime Minister on approval for national strategies for managing solid wastes up to 2025 and visions towards 2050;
Upon request by the Minister of Construction,
HEREBY DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the solid waste management planning applicable to the Northern key economic region up to 2030 (hereinafter referred to as “solid waste management planning”) which has the following main contents:
1. Scope
The Northern key economic region covers 07 provinces and direct-controlled municipalities, namely, Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Vinh Phuc, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh.
2. Standpoints
- The solid waste management planning shall be consistent with the socio-economic development master plan applicable to Northern key economic region by 2020 and visions towards 2030 ( refer to the Decision No.198/QD-TTg dated January 25, 2014); land use planning; planning on development of provinces and direct-controlled municipalities in the Northern key economic zone); national solid waste management strategy by 2025 and visions towards 2050 (refer to the Decision No. 2149/QD-TTg dated December 17, 2009); solid waste management plans for Cau river locality (refer to Decision No.2211/QD-TTg dated November 14, 2013); river basin protection schemes and respective planning in the Northern key economic region.
- It is required to enhance the quality of State management, treated solid wastes and environmental protection to meet social development demand.
- Solid waste treatment technologies shall be suitable for socio-economic conditions. Solid waste treatment technologies that are researched and developed in Vietnam and certified in writing, and advanced technologies for treatment, recycle and reuse of solid wastes shall be prioritized to apply to ensure environment protection and land use efficiency.
- The involvement of multiple types of ownership in development and management of solid waste collection, transport and treatment shall be promoted.
3. Objectives
- Forecast total generated solid wastes, classify solid wastes, determine collection and transport methods; identify solid waste treatment facilities and scope of treatment to meet the need of the Northern key economic region.
- Enhance solid waste management, prevent and reduce generated solid waste; prioritize to apply solid waste technologies such as recycle and reuse, minimize landfill method.
- Lay a foundation for construction of solid waste treatment facilities in provinces within the Northern key economic region.
4. Planning
a) Targets
The planning shall be conformable to current technical regulations and standards.
b) Forecast of solid waste collection and treatment in provinces within the Northern key economic region by 2030:
No.
Types of solid wastes
Percentage of collected and treated solid waste (%)
By 2020
By 2030
I
Non-hazardous wastes:
 
 
1
Municipal domestic solid waste
90
100
2
Rural domestic solid waste
70
90
3
Construction solid waste
80
90
4
Industrial solid waste
90
100
5
Non-infectious medical solid waste
100
100
6
Solid waste from trade villages
80
100
7
Sewage sludge ( including sludge from drainage systems and septic tanks)
50 - 85
70 - 90
II
Hazardous solid wastes:
 
 
1
Industrial solid waste
70
100
2
Medical solid waste
100
100
3
Solid waste from trade villages
80
100
c) Generated solid waste forecast
- From now up to 2020: 38,980 tonnes/day including 36,040 tonnes of non-hazardous solid wastes and 2,940 tonnes of hazardous solid wastes.
- 2021 - 2030: 59,695 tonnes/day including 55,385 tonnes of non-hazardous solid wastes and 4,310 tonnes of hazardous solid wastes. .
Refer to Annex 1 for total generated solid wastes in the Northern key economic region by 2030.
d) Proposed zoning for solid waste treatment
- Inter-provincial zones: Solid wastes which are generated within Hanoi, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh and Hung Yen shall be treated by Soc Son solid waste treatment facility, Soc Son district, Hanoi.
- Provincial zones: Solid wastes generated within the Northern key economic region shall be treated according to the capacity and scope of treatment facilities of provinces approved by the competent authority. There are 03 zones in Hanoi including the North, South and West of Hanoi; and from 02 to 04 zones in each remaining provinces.
dd) Solid waste classification, collection and transport
- Solid waste classification:
+ Domestic solid waste is categorized into organic solid waste (vegetables, leftovers, etc.); inorganic solid waste which may be recycled (paper, plastics, metal, etc) and the remaining.
+Industrial solid waste is categorized into hazardous and non-hazardous industrial solid wastes.
+ Construction solid waste and sludge (including sludge from drainage system and septic tanks) is categorized into reusable and recycled wastes.
+Medical solid waste is categorized into infectious and non-infectious wastes. Non-infectious medical solid waste is divided into 03 types as domestic waste was.
- Solid waste collection and transport:
+ For non-hazardous solid wastes
. Domestic solid wastes:
In urban: domestic solid wastes shall be collected and transported to dump sites, transfer stations or planned solid waste treatment facilities.
In rural areas: domestic solid wastes shall be collected and transported to dump sites of communes and too solid waste treatment facilities of districts thereafter; or shall be collected and transport in accordance with the planning for new rural areas approved by the competent authority.
. Industrial and medical solid wastes and solid wastes from trade villages: Such solid wastes shall be collected and transported from transfer stations of industrial zones, dump sites in trade villages or manufacturers, medical facilities to provincial or inter-provincial solid waste treatment facilities under the planning.
. Construction solid wastes: Construction projects’ investors shall enter into construction waste collection and transportation agreements with functional entities to collect and transport construction solid waste to treatment facilities in order to meet requirements of environmental sanitary and safety.
. Sludge:
Sludge shall be collected and transported to centralized treatment facilities that are planned or licensed by the competent authority. Sludge from septic tanks should be treated at centralized wastewater treatment plants.
+For hazardous solid waste:
. Hazardous solid wastes shall be categorized, collected and directly transported to inter-provincial or provincial solid waste treatment facilities under the planning and shall be conformable to environmental sanitary regulations and standards, and regulations on hazardous solid waste management.
. Hazardous solid waste generators shall enter into agreements with functional entities to collect and transport hazardous solid wastes under current regulations of laws.
e) Solid waste treatment facility planning
- Requirements for solid waste treatment facilities:
+Solid waste treatment facilities shall conform to current regulations and standards on safety distance.
+ Environmental impact mitigation measures (such as: construction of leaked waste water collection systems, technology transfer....) shall be applied by existing solid waste treatment facilities by 2020; unhygienic landfills shall be closed; measures for mitigating environmental impact and pollution control shall be introduced.
- Solid waste treatment facility planning:
+ 01 inter-provincial solid waste treatment facility ( Soc Son solid waste treatment facility with the capacity of 6,000 tonnes/day, covering an area of 257 ha, located in Hanoi) is expected to come into operation to treat non-hazardous solid wastes for Hanoi and hazardous solid wastes for Hanoi, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh and Hung Yen, and 05 provincial solid waste treatment facilities (total area of 231 ha, capacity of 11,500 tonnes/day) are expected to come into operation to treat solid wastes for multiple provinces. Refer to Annex II for solid waste treatment facilities in Northern key economic region.
+ Planning for solid waste treatment facilities in other provinces shall be conformable to the approved planning by provinces in the Northern key economic region.
+ Infectious medical solid wastes shall be treated at solid waste treatment facilities in provinces within the Northern key economic region in conformity with the master plan for infectious medical solid wastes by 2025 (Decision No.170/QD-TTg dated February 08, 2012 by the Prime Minister).
g) Orientations of selection of applicable solid waste technologies
- Applicable solid waste treatment technologies shall be suitable to socio-economic conditions; solid waste categories, characteristics and constituents.
- Solid waste treatment technologies which are researched and developed in Vietnam, energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly and suitable for local demand shall be prioritized.
- Treatment technologies applicable to non-hazardous solid wastes : Biofertilizer composing, incineration for energy recovery, recycle, etc. Landfill is not favoured.
- Treatment technologies applicable to hazardous solid wastes : Incineration, physical and chemical treatment technologies …Landfill is not favoured
5. Cost estimation
a) Investment:
It is estimated that the execution of the solid waste management planning will cost 13,350 billion dong
Including:
- By 2020: approximately 8,870 billion dong;
- 2021-2030: approximately 4,480 billion dong) Sources of finance:
- The state budget;
- ODA, funding by foreign countries;
- Loan capital;
- Investments from domestic and overseas investors;
- Lawful investments from other economic sectors.
6. Prioritized project proposal by 2020
a) In Hai Duong province
Project for expansion of Viet Hong solid waste treatment facility (Thanh Ha), capacity: 1,500 tonnes/day.
b) In Hai Phong
Tran Duong solid waste treatment facility project (in Vinh Bao district); capacity: 2,500 tonnes/day.
7. Strategic environment assessment
a) Positive impacts on environment:
- Collection and treatment of hazardous and non-hazardous solid wastes will contribute to reduction of environmental pollution .
- Unhygienic dump sites and landfills will be closed to mitigate environmental pollution and protect residents’ health in the Northern key economic region.
- The location and capacity of solid waste treatment facilities in provinces shall be determined to meet the demand for solid waste treatment of municipal and rural residents, industrial zones and trade village within the Northern key economic region.
- It is prioritized to apply solid waste treatment technologies by which solid wastes will be fully treated; landfill method is not favored to improve environmental sanitary and land-use efficiency;
- Community health will be enhanced and the sustainable development in Northern key economic region will be promoted.
b) Prediction of environmental impacts due to execution of this planning:
- Transport of solid wastes may cause pollution.
- Construction of solid waste treatment facilities will affect the environment and community health (in a short period of time and within a certain area).
- The operation of solid waste treatment facilities will generate dust, noise… in their vicinity.
- Dump sites, transfer stations and solid waste treatment facilities may cause environmental pollution if their operation fails to meet environmental standards.
- Environmental incidents (dispersion of noxious gases or substances …)and occupational accidents during transport of hazardous solid wastes to transfer stations may occur.
c) Mitigation measures:
- Remedial measures for controlling air and noise pollution caused by means of transport and construction vehicles within construction sites and along the route shall be introduced .
- Domestic wastewater and solid wastes on the construction sites of treatment facilities shall be collected and treated; safety and accident prevention measures shall apply during the construction .
- The environmental impact assessment shall be carried out prior to execution of any projects, and supporting measures shall apply.
- Measures for collecting and treating exhaust gases, dust and wastewater from solid waste treatment facilities and mitigation measures shall be conformable to the approved environmental impact assessment.
- Air quality, surface water, underground water and soil shall be monitored.
- Warnings of environmental incidents and mitigation measures shall be proposed.
- Other supporting measures shall be taken.
Article 2. Implementation
1. The Ministry of Construction shall:
- Make the solid waste management planning publicly available after it is approved by the Prime Minister and transfer planning documents to local authorities under current regulations of laws.
- Provide guidance on adjustments to construction planning and solid waste management planning in conformity with the solid waste management planning in Northern key economic region by 2030.
2. Every relevant agency shall:
Cooperate with the Ministry of Construction and People’s Committees of provinces within the Northern key economic region to execute the planning according to assigned tasks and functions.
3. Every People’s Committee of provinces within the Northern key economic region shall:
- Review and adjust construction planning and solid waste management planning in conformity with the approved solid waste management planning in Northern key economic region by 2030.
- Compile financial plans by stage according to the solid waste management system development plan; introduce investment mobilization mechanism and policies.
- Review and prepare land use plans for solid waste collection and treatment construction works.
- Give directives on implementation of solid waste collection and treatment facilities in the province under current regulations of laws.
- Disseminate and raise public awareness of environmental sanitary, protection solid waste collection and treatment systems and the significance of such systems to environment.
Article 3. This Decision comes into effect from the date on which it is signed.
The Minister of Construction, Minister of Planning and Investment, Minister of Finance, Minister of Environment and Resources, Minister of Health, Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development and Presidents of People's Committees of Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Vinh Phuc, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh, and heads of relevant agencies shall be responsible for the implementation of this Decision.  
 
PP. PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
(Signed and sealed)




Trinh Dinh Dung
ANNEX I
FORECAST OF SOLID WASTE GENERATION IN NORTHERN KEY ECONOMIC ZONE BY 2030
(Issued together with the Decision No.1979/QD-TTg dated October 14, 2016 by the Prime Minister)
No.
Province
 Generated solid waste (tonne/day)
 By 2020
 By 2030
Non-hazardous wastes
 Hazardous solid wastes
 Non-hazardous wastes
 Hazardous solid wastes
Municipal solid waste
Rural domestic solid waste
Industrial solid waste
Construction waste
Solid waste from trade villages
Medical solid waste
Sludge from septic tanks
Sludge from water drainage systems
 
Municipal solid waste
Rural domestic solid waste
Industrial solid waste
Construction waste
Solid waste from trade villages
Medical solid waste
Sludge from septic tanks
Sludge from water drainage systems
 
1
Hanoi
6,410
2,070
1,190
2,100
1,790
72
1,500
260
620
9,160
2,140
1,330
3,400
4,120
120
1,800
350
810
2
Vinh Phuc
1,140
170
990
260
80
7
340
90
430
1,850
280
1,240
430
170
8
430
110
540
3
Bac Ninh
660
230
510
180
240
4
300
80
230
1,360
360
960
340
560
6
390
100
440
4
Hung Yen
840
310
1,200
230
430
4
410
110
530
1,760
310
1,290
410
990
8
500
130
600
5
Hai Duong
1,020
320
840
270
350
6
460
120
380
1,790
350
1,300
430
790
8
500
130
600
6
Quang Ninh
1,340
150
890
300
130
9
400
110
390
2,190
200
1,350
480
290
11
480
120
600
7
Hai Phong
2,570
230
830
560
120
8
630
170
360
4,280
360
1,630
930
280
14
850
210
720
 
Total
13,980
3,480
6,450
3,900
3,140
110
4,040
940
2,940
22,390
4,000
9,100
6,420
7,200
175
4,950
1,150
4,310
 
ANNEX II
INTER-PROVINCIAL AND PROVINCIAL SOLID WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES IN NORHERN KEY ECONOMIC REGIONS BY 2030
(Issued together with the Decision No.1979/QD-TTg dated October 14, 2016 by the Prime Minister)
No.
Solid waste treatment facilities
 Area (ha)
 Capacity (tonne/day)
 Applicable technologies
 Scope
 By 2020
 By 2030
 By 2020
 By 2030
 
 
INTER-PROVINCIAL SOLID WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES
1
 Soc Son solid waste treatment facility, in Soc Son district, Hanoi
157
257
4,500
6,000
 Recycling, biofertilizer composting, landfill, incineration of both non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste (for energy recovery)
- Treating domestic, industrial medical solid wastes, solid waste from trade villages and construction, and sludge within Hanoi capital
- Treating hazardous solid wastes generated in Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh and Hung Yen
B. PROVINCIAL SOLID WASTE TRETAMENT FACILITIES ( provide inter-provincial treatment)
I
Vinh Phuc
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Lap Thach treatment facility, in Lap Thach district
6
6
500
500
Incineration (both hazardous and non-hazardous solid wastes)
- Treating domestic, medical and industrial solid wastes in Vinh Phuc
- Treating hazardous solid wastes generated from the Northwest of Hanoi capital.
II
Bac Ninh
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
Phu Lang solid waste treatment facility, in Que Vo districts
60
60
2,000
3,000
- Recycling plastic, glass and paper
- Recycle inorganic substances into building materials (bricks, titles…)
- Organic composting
- Incineration (both hazardous and non-hazardous industrial solid waste)
- Incinerate infectious medical solid waste
- Landfill
- Treating domestic, industrial medical solid wastes, solid waste from trade villages and construction, sludge and hazardous solid waste in Bac Ninh
- Treating hazardous solid waste generated from Hai Duong, Quang Ninh (along national high way 18).
III
Hung Yen
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
Dai Dong solid waste treatment facility, in Van Lam district
30
30
1,500
1,500
 Recycle, bioferlizer composting, landfill
- Treating domestic, industrial medical solid wastes, solid waste from trade villages and construction, and sludge in Hung Yen
- Treating solid waste generated from Hai Duong, Quang Ninh (along national high way 5).
IV
Hai Duong
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
Viet Hong solid waste treatment facilities
30
55
1,500
2,500
- Recycle plastic, glass and paper
- Recycle inorganic substances into building materials (bricks, titles…)
- Organic composting
- Incineration (both hazardous and non-hazardous industrial solid waste)
- Landfill
- Treating domestic, industrial medical solid wastes, solid waste from trade villages and construction, sludge and hazardous solid waste in Hai Duong city and some adjacent districts, Hai Duong province.
- Treating hazardous solid waste generated from industrial zones along the national highway No.5, Hung yen provinces and Hai Phong city.
V
Hai Phong
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
Tran Duong solid waste treatment facility, in Vinh Bao
50
80
2,500
4,000
 Recycle, bioferlizer composting, landfill and incineration (hazardous and non-hazardous solid wastes)
- Treating domestic, industrial medical solid wastes, solid waste from trade villages and construction, sludge and hazardous solid waste in Hai Phong
- Treating hazardous solid wastes generated from Hai Duong, Quang Ninh (along Northern coastal highway)
 
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