Garbage smells bad all day, people don't dare invite guests to their homes
People in groups 1, 2, 3, 4 in Dong Thuan hamlet, Dong Thanh ward, Vinh Long province reported that the temporary garbage collection site has been located near a residential area for nearly a year, causing obstacles to travel, strong odors, flies and mosquitoes, and leachate.
Ms. Truong Thi Nhanh, Dong Thuan hamlet, said that when it is sunny, the smell is even stronger, and when it rains, the leachate is scattered, passionate with the flow, overflowing into the path. Flies and mosquitoes are black all over the house, especially in the late afternoon.
"The house always has to close the doors tightly, each room has a bottle of green essential oil to apply to relieve headaches from the stench. The hardest part is on hot weather days, when the smell of garbage comes on, sticking to clothes and household items," said Ms. Nhanh.
Not only affecting health, garbage also disrupts the daily lives of families. Many people are afraid to receive guests, limiting invitations to friends and relatives to visit because they are ashamed of the pollution.
Ms. Le Thi Nga, a garbage collection point owner, said that sometimes she did not dare to invite anyone to her house because the stench was unbearable. "Whatever the government does, it must be informed to the people, because it is impossible to arbitrarily place garbage collection points in residential areas, near people's houses like that," Ms. Nga added.
Mr. Nguyen Binh Khang, opposite the garbage collection point, said that garbage trucks often come in the morning, but then local garbage collection teams take out garbage and dump it all day, so this place is always littered with garbage and is never clean.
"I do not object to the need for a gathering point, but it must be located in a suitable place. If I have not found a new place, I suggest that the locality should give opinions to the garbage collection unit on time and cleanly so as not to let the garbage stagnate for many days, causing bad smell and mosquitoes, said Mr. Khang.
New garbage collection points will be arranged
Talking to Lao Dong, Mr. Vo Ngoc Chien - Director of Ngoc Chinh Public Service Cooperative, representative of the garbage collection unit, said that they have collected every day in the evening, before 6am according to regulations.
However, many local garbage collection teams bring garbage at different times such as 7am, 10am, 3pm... so at the collection point there is always garbage stagnating, leading to misunderstandings that it cannot be collected.
"The people's reflection is correct. But if garbage continues to dump at the wrong time, it will be difficult to keep it clean. I hope the People's Committee of Dong Thanh Ward has a specific plan for the garbage collection time with local garbage truckers to ensure general hygiene," Mr. Chien added.
On the government's side, Mr. Le Thanh Thuan - Vice Chairman of Dong Thanh Ward People's Committee confirmed: "Putting the garbage collection site in the current location is unreasonable".
Previously, the landfill was located at the foot of Can Tho bridge, but because the bridge management unit did not allow it to continue to be used, the locality temporarily relocated it to the public land of the ward People's Committee.
According to Mr. Thuan, after merging the administrative area, the Ward People's Committee is coordinating with specialized units to review and will soon arrange a garbage collection site in another more suitable location to avoid affecting people's lives.
