Contributing to changing people's perceptions.

Báo Tài nguyên Môi trường•22/12/2023

Like many other villages in the district, after receiving information from the District and Commune Women's Unions on how to sort and compost organic waste into fertilizer using home composting bins, creating a source of clean fertilizer for crops, many households in Van Hung village, Cat Thinh commune, have actively implemented the method and achieved positive results.

Ms. Doan Thi Thao from Van Hung Hamlet, Cat Thinh Commune, shared: “After receiving information from women's union officials at the district and commune levels on how to handle household waste at home, we have actively implemented the practice. Since sorting waste at the source, the amount of waste released into the environment has decreased significantly, and there is no longer any indiscriminate littering in the hamlet. In particular, composting organic waste into fertilizer using composting bins has created a very effective source of fertilizer for crops. We hope that the district's women's union officials will actively promote this to more households in the district so that people understand and follow suit, contributing to environmental protection and the construction of new rural areas.”

a1-1-(1).jpg — Women's officials in Cat Thinh commune guided Ms. Thao's family in composting organic waste into fertilizer using a home composting bin model.

To implement the Project on Strengthening the Capacity for Managing Household Solid Waste in Yen Bai Province for the period 2020-2025, with a vision to 2030, the People's Committee of Van Chan District has developed and issued a plan for implementing the project in the district.

In particular, the district has actively implemented waste sorting at source, with specialized agencies, mass organizations, and the People's Committees of communes and towns disseminating information and guiding households to sort waste at source. Currently, some rural areas in the district have implemented waste sorting at source, especially those that have achieved the standards of new rural areas and advanced new rural areas.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Luc, Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Van Chan District, said: To implement waste sorting at source, the department has issued directives and guidelines to communes and towns to disseminate the information to households. In addition, the department has coordinated with the District Women's Union to implement pilot models of waste sorting at source and guide the process of composting organic waste using microbial technology in the communes of Dai Lich, Cat Thinh, and Nam Bung.

In particular, in the work of building new rural areas, for communes striving to achieve the new rural area status, the District Department of Natural Resources and Environment regularly coordinates and exchanges information with communes and towns in disseminating information and guiding households to collect, sort, and process waste at the source. Recently, the department provided 40 waste bins to households in Nam Puoi village, Nam Bung commune, to help people raise their awareness of waste sorting and environmental protection.

By 2024, Van Chan district aims for 50% of villages and hamlets in its communes and towns to implement household waste sorting at source.

In addition, mass organizations, including the Women's Union of the district, have actively implemented the sorting of household waste at source in the communes and towns, thereby receiving a positive response from members throughout the district.

Ms. Ha Thi Thuy, Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Van Chan District, stated: In 2023, the Women's Union of Van Chan District issued a plan for sorting household waste at source in all communes and towns. The goal is that by 2025, 70% of communes achieving new rural status will implement household waste sorting at source. For communes achieving advanced new rural status and model new rural status, 100% of villages will have implemented the plan.

In 2023, pilot programs were implemented in the communes of Nam Lanh, Nam Bung, and Dai Lich. Household waste sorting at source was carried out in 100% of the villages and hamlets. Accordingly, in each commune, a pilot program was organized in one village chosen by the commune, guiding the process of sorting and composting organic waste into fertilizer using home composting bins, creating a source of clean fertilizer for crops. The goal is to have 50% of the villages and hamlets in the communes and towns implementing household waste sorting at source by 2024.

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