Increased amount of waste
Each year-end period, the amount of domestic waste in urban areas and residential areas tends to increase sharply due to the increasing demand for cleaning houses, shopping and festival, fair, and business activities taking place bustlingly. The situation of waste accumulation not only detracts from urban aesthetics but also poses a risk of pollution, odors, insects breeding and directly affecting community health - especially during the time when consumer demand and circulation of people increase during holidays.
Besides domestic waste, food production and business activities are also increasing sharply, leading to great pressure in food safety and hygiene control, making environmental and community health assurance work even more urgent.
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Anh - Director of Dong Da Urban Environment Branch (Urenco 4) - said that in the days leading up to Tet, close to New Year's Eve, the volume of domestic waste in the area often increases sharply. To solve this pressure, the unit has mobilized 100% of officials, employees and vehicles to be on duty, ensuring thorough collection of waste on the same day, absolutely not allowing garbage to accumulate for a long time on the streets, especially during peak hours.
We focus especially on main streets, radial routes and urban civilized routes such as crowded areas, parks, flower gardens and medians. In addition to maintaining traditional manual methods, the unit maximizes mechanization by mobilizing modern sweeping and suction vehicles and specialized road washing water sprayers," Mr. Hoang Anh informed.
At all cranes, collection trucks and storage boxes, the Branch requires workers to arrange garbage collection tools tightly, must be covered with tarpaulins and arrange neatly to avoid obstructing traffic or affecting the aesthetics. Old or damaged trash cans have been proactively replaced with new ones to prevent leaks of garbage water and odors.
Decisive direction, ensuring environmental work during Tet
Faced with this situation, authorities at all levels have soon issued specific directives and plans to strengthen the collection and treatment of waste and maintain environmental sanitation during Tet.
The Minister of Agriculture and Environment has signed and issued Directive 972, requesting agencies, units and localities to closely coordinate to ensure sufficient supply of essential food and foodstuffs, control prices and prevent garbage congestion throughout the Lunar New Year 2026. In which, the work of monitoring and treating domestic waste must be maintained continuously even during peak times.
The Directive also emphasizes strengthening food safety and hygiene inspections at wholesale markets, food production, processing and business establishments, in order to protect consumer health and limit the risk of food poisoning during the high demand period.
At the same time, the Prime Minister also directed the People's Committees of provinces and cities to proactively develop plans to serve the people to celebrate the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year fully, safely and thoughtfully. This includes strengthening the collection and treatment of domestic solid waste, preventing garbage congestion in urban areas, residential areas and commercial areas.
In Hanoi, the City Party Committee and the City People's Committee have issued Plan No. 52/KH-UBND to launch a movement for the whole people to participate in environmental protection, with a focus on minimizing the generation, classification, collection and treatment of domestic waste. The goal is to build a "Bright - Green - Clean - Beautiful" Capital during Tet and the following years.
According to this plan, 100% of wards and communes organize environmental sanitation campaigns on weekends, implement waste sorting at source in households, arrange collection points and collect waste in accordance with regulations and stop illegal dumping and burning of waste.
Hanoi also sets a goal that by 2030, all solid domestic waste will be treated using advanced technologies such as incineration for electricity generation, while completely eliminating environmental pollution "black spots" and closing spontaneous landfills. Localities are required to tighten inspection, strictly handle indiscriminate waste disposal and publicize results to increase deterrence.
An important highlight is that Hanoi will accelerate the roadmap for converting waste collection and transportation vehicles using electricity and green energy, in order to reduce emissions and environmental pollution in the future.
