CRITERIA FOR DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY
On January 10, 2022, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issues the Circular No. 02/2022/TT-BTNMT detailing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection.
Accordingly, criteria for domestic solid waste treatment technology shall be: Being able to receive and sort wastes, treat odors, leachate and emissions, being flexible in combining other technologies, and treating different types of solid waste; The automation and localization levels of the equipment lines; Priority is given to technologies that have been successfully applied, meet environmental technical standards and regulations on waste treatment and recycling equipment; Saving land use area; Saving energy and the ability to recover energy in the treatment process; etc.
Besides, the provincial-level People's Committee shall decide on the form of collecting service charges for collection, transportation and treatment of domestic solid wastes by their weight or volume in one of the following cases: Through the selling price of package of domestic solid wastes; Through the volume of domestic solid waste containers; Through weighing and determining the volume of domestic solid wastes.
Also, the packages of hazardous wastes must meet the following requirements: Hazardous wastes must be packed in a hard or soft package in a safe manner, such package must not be broken or torn; The soft packages must be tied and the hard packages must have a tight cover to prevent the wastes from leaking or evaporating; Liquid waste or viscous sewage sludge or waste containing volatile hazardous components must be packed in a hard package. The volume of wastes in the hard package must not exceed 90% of its capacity; the distance from the surface to the top of the package is 10 cm.
This Circular takes effect on January 10, 2022.
