Authors: Nguyen Thi Kim Thai
Publish Date: 2009/09/04
Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 258-262
Abstract
This article concentrates on the existing situation of hazardous industrial waste management in Vietnam To realize the importance of the development of a Vietnam national strategy based on the reduce reuse recycle 3R concept to the year 2020 the author summarizes the practice of recycling activities of hazardous industrial waste and discusses the challenges arising from increases in the quantity and types of waste and the level of hazard of the waste generated considering that the technical infrastructure for handling and managing the waste is inadequate and the legal system on environmental protection is lacking In order to improve the existing situation of hazardous industrial waste management the Vietnamese Government recently has played an increasing role in promoting regional and international cooperation on environmental protection through ratifying the international conventions on the environment including the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal and the International Labor Organization Convention on Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work and by adhering to the concept of the materialcycle society These steps are key opportunities for applying the principles of 3R to the recovery of value from hazardous waste in the future
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