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

Video : Hundreds of tons of garbage "surround" fishing ports and fishing boat anchorages 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; 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 the spread of disease.

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 the Xuan Hoi fishing port area with an area of about 100m long, 80m wide, and a thickness of about 0.4m; at the Cua Hoi - Xuan Pho fishing boat storm shelter anchorage area, the garbage dump was about 200m long, 60m wide, and a thickness of about 0.4m.

Xuan Hoi Fishing Port is surrounded by garbage and firewood

The incident seriously affected the activities of fishing boats entering and exiting the fishing port and the storm shelter area, 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 due to 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, there is no unit in the neighboring communes that has 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 household waste, so there is no need to consider sudden garbage like this time. The waste treatment plant is mainly designed to treat household waste, so the type of waste that remains in the area and has not been treated is very difficult.