Toxic waste continues to blight the environment - City Life - VietNam News: HCM CITY (VNS)— HCM City discharges nearly 500 tonnes of hazardous waste each day, but only 10 per cent are treated properly, according to a survey conducted by the Environmental and Natural Resources Institute under the Viet Nam National University-HCM City.
The city contains 49 waste treatment plants licensed to handle toxic waste, yet only 19 companies are actually capable of treating it, said the institute's deputy director Le Thanh Hai.
"The remaining waste is treated improperly by businesses themselves or by private waste treatment plants," Hai said.
In some cases, hazardous waste was also discarded without treatment.
"Many businesses hire private waste treatment companies to treat their toxic waste, but these enterprises are not licensed to handle the waste because they lack the proper equipment," he added.
Often, according to Hai, businesses could not classify harmful waste because they lacked the necessary equipment.
"Such hazardous waste comes not only from industrial production plants and businesses, but also households," Hai said. "Many local people find it hard to distinguish between toxic and normal waste. Used batteries, for example, are classified as toxic waste, but you can still find them in household garbage dumps."
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