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Decision No. 609/QD-TTg approving the Master Plan on solid waste disposal of Hanoi capital to 2030, with a vision to 2050.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Cong Bao Nos. 477-478 (0715/2014).
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Solid waste Waste disposal Waste management Waste non-domestic sources Waste domestic sources Waste prevention Environmental planning Policy/planning
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Decision enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Decision approves the Master Plan on solid waste disposal of Hanoi capital to 2030, with a vision to 2050, with the following major contents: 1. Scope of study and planning: The entire administrative territory of Hanoi capital with a total area of 3,344.6 km2. 2. Planning viewpoints: - Conformity with the master plan on socio-economic development; the land use master plan; the master plan on construction of Hanoi capital to 2030, with a vision to 2050; the national strategy for integrated management of solid waste to 2025, with a vision to 2050, and other relevant specialized master plans approved by competent authorities. - Conformity with topographical, geological and hydro-logical conditions and the capacity to exploit the land fund. - Reduction of solid waste at source, increase of re-use and recycling to reduce the volume of solid waste to be buried; catering to the city's demands for solid waste collection, transportation and disposal in each period. - Sorting of solid waste at source. Waste collection and disposal with advanced and appropriate technologies. Restriction of burial in order to save land resources and mitigate environmental pollution. Lawful collection and disposal of hazardous solid waste without dispersion into the environment. - Encouragement of all economic sectors to make construction investment and participate in solid waste collection, transportation and disposal activities. 3. Planning objectives: - To concretize orientations for solid waste disposal planning of Hanoi capital under the master plan on construction of Hanoi capital to 2030, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister. - To project the total volume of generated solid waste and solid waste disposal demands, to determine modes of solid waste collection, transportation and disposal; to identify locations and sizes of solid waste transfer stations and disposal complexes in Hanoi capital. - To provide a basis for the implementation of investment projects to build, upgrade, improve or expand the collection and transportation systems and solid waste transfer stations and disposal complexes in Hanoi capital.

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