POLLUTION  INSPECTION

 

Amount of wasted material imported in Vietnam until 2000

Card board paper : 63,000 tons

Metals : 63,800 tons

Plastic materials : 41,000 tons

 

Seriously threatening pollution enterprises :

Pesticide storehouses : 16

Chemical toxic deposit areas : 3

Manufactory units : 292

Old landfills : 67

Hospitals : 87

Total hazardous facilities which need to be penalized: 465

 

Regions with the highest number of hazardous waste quantities :

City/ Province

Tons/ Year

Ho Chi Minh city

Dong nai

Ha Noi

Hai Phong

Da Nang

Ba Ria- Vung tau

Quang Nam

46,172

34,884

18,108

4,657

1,933

1,830

1,783

 

Ratio of wastes : (diagram)

Domestic wastes : 44%

Medical wastes : 1%

Industrial wastes : 55%

Amount of daily generated wastes : 49,134 tons