At the press conference in response to World Environment Day and Environmental Action Month in 2025, Mr. Ho Kien Trung, Deputy Director of the Department of Environment (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) said that classifying new waste with resources from waste, if not classified at source, there will be no valuable waste.
And the Law has required localities to implement it from January 1, 2025 - this is a roadmap set out within 3 years so that localities have time to prepare.
Currently, 55 provinces and cities have implemented the classification work in many forms such as organizing a pilot in some districts, some provinces and cities have collected by volume.
" Localities will not have to implement it simultaneously in the entire province, but will pilot it, then summarize, evaluate and replicate it" - Mr. Trung said.
According to the leader of the Department of Environment, there is currently a shortage of infrastructure for garbage collection, and even more for classification. In the coming time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment will continue to urge and guide localities to implement waste classification at source.
Previously, in 2025, the Ministry had local guidelines on waste classification at source, this year the Ministry has provided guidance on waste classification models, aiming at collection and treatment for the circular economy.
Decree 45/2022 of the Government regulating administrative sanctions for violations in the environmental field clearly states that "a fine of VND 500,000 to VND 1 million shall be imposed on households and individuals who do not classify domestic solid waste according to regulations". This Decree takes effect from January 1, 2025.
According to statistics, the total amount of domestic solid waste (CTRSH) generated nationwide is about 67,110 tons/day. If only a modest cost is used to collect, transport and process 1 (one) ton of electronic cigarettes for 50 USD, then on average the whole country spends about 3.35 million USD per day to collect, transport and process all arising electronic cigarettes (equivalent to about 1,222.75 million USD/year). This is not a small number for a developing country like Vietnam.
