Difficulty in collecting and processing hundreds of tons of garbage in Ha Tinh

Video : Hundreds of tons of garbage "surround" the fishing port and fishing boat anchorage area in Ha Tinh

In the immediate future, the Management Board of fishing ports and storm shelters for fishing boats in Ha Tinh province has submitted a report requesting the Department of Agriculture and Environment and the Provincial People's Committee to consider and support funding for the implementation of garbage collection and treatment; and assigning local authorities to arrange garbage collection sites and animal carcasses treatment sites.

At the same time, it is recommended that local authorities and functional forces coordinate to propagate that people do not arbitrarily salvage firewood in the area, to avoid work accidents, drowning or spreading diseases.

People collect firewood at Xuan Hoi fishing port

Previously, due to the impact of storm No. 3 (storm Wipha), many localities in the West of Nghe An province experienced historic floods, the amount of garbage, dry firewood, and animal carcasses drifted down from upstream, landing densely at Xuan Hoi fishing port area with an area of about 100m long, 80m wide, and about 0.4m thick; at the Cua Hoi - Xuan Pho fishing boat storm shelter area, the garbage dump is about 200m long, 60m wide, and about 0.4m thick.

Thick garbage and firewood "surround" Xuan Hoi Fishing Port

The incident seriously affected the activities of fishing boats entering and exiting fishing ports and storm shelters, and also posed a risk of environmental pollution and damage to construction items.

Trash and firewood "surround" the storm shelter area of fishing boats in Cua Hoi - Xuan Pho

According to Mr. Bui Tuan Son, the unit has coordinated with local authorities and functional forces to agree on a treatment plan, calling for support of human resources, machinery, and funding to collect and treat garbage, but with limited resources, it cannot be implemented. While the volume of garbage and dry wood is very large, this is the first time the Xuan Hoi fishing port has encountered such a situation, so the unit cannot handle it on its own.

Collection and treatment of garbage and firewood at Xuan Hoi fishing port is facing many difficulties.

Through surveys and contacts for salvage, in the neighboring communes, there is no unit with the capacity to perform salvage; the garbage area is more than 5m away from the nearest place, ordinary cranes cannot reach... In addition, local landfills in the area all have a certain capacity and serve domestic waste, so sudden garbage like this time is not taken into account. The waste treatment plant is mainly designed to treat domestic waste, so the type of waste that remains in the area without being treated is very difficult.