Of note is the fact that the VWS is able to treat 5,000 tons of garbage per day. Its facilities inside the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex includes state-of-the-art sanitary landfill, material recovery (recycling) facilities (MRF’s), US-standard composting facilities, transfer stations, water treatment facilities, landfill gas collection plants and solid waste collection services.
Representatives of Finnish companies at the Vietnam Waste Solutions’ headquarters. (Photo: vir.com.vn)
Kevin Moore, Managing Director of VWS, told the delegation that as VWS highly values sustainable development, the firm has invested in solutions to ensure the complex operates smoothly, especially when the facility is overloaded or during power outages. With this proactive approach, VWS is set to handle a growing volume of waste discharged from urban areas. During its peak periods, VWS could potentially receive up to 500 garbage trucks per day.
VWS plans to treat mixed waste that contains impurities in order to collect organic waste. This waste will be processed at the incineration plant with an output of 1,000-1,500 tons per day. Only 5 per cent of the mixed waste will be buried in landfills, most of it will be burned to produce power and compressed natural gas (CNG) for public use, transporting solid waste and producing fluid and compost fertilizers, he added.
In addition, VWS plans to develop transfer stations as a closed system to link the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex in the city with the Green Technology Park invested by VWS in the Southern province of Long An by 2020.
Representatives of Finnish companies expressed their positive impressions of the Vietnamese corporation’s treatment solutions, especially the waste-to-biogas technology. They hoped to further cooperation with enterprises of Ho Chi Minh City in the field.
Petri Peltonen, Under-Secretary of State at the Finland Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, said that the VWS has brought the latest waste treatment technology to Vietnam, which turns waste into valuable products. According to the Finnish senior official, Ho Chi Minh City is developing rapidly, so the city should apply cutting edge technologies to convert waste into energy for economic growth. With regards to potential collaboration between Finland and Vietnam in the field, Finnish companies have developed both technology and expertise in the waste treatment industry. “I believe that the partnership between VWS and Finnish companies provides more optimal solutions for effective waste treatment and renewable energy,” he added.
Translated by Trung Thanh