Worrying about environmental pollution in craft villages

Craft villages and production activities in craft villages are creating jobs and good income for tens of thousands of local workers, especially idle agricultural workers in rural areas. However, along with development, environmental pollution caused by production activities in craft villages has also become a difficult problem.

Production of cellophane noodles in Lai Trach cellophane noodle village, Yen Phu commune (Yen My) brings good income to many households.

More than 20 years ago (2003), Minh Khai plastic recycling village, Nhu Quynh town (Van Lam) was on the list of facilities causing serious environmental pollution according to Decision No. 64/2003/QD-TTg dated April 22, 2003 of the Prime Minister . To reduce environmental pollution in Minh Khai plastic recycling village, over the past 20 years, all levels and sectors from central to local levels have implemented many solutions, but the pollution situation has not been thoroughly handled. There is currently a solid waste collection site with an estimated volume of over 150 thousand tons. Every day, the Minh Khai village waste collection site still receives an additional 50 - 70 tons of waste, causing the waste collection site to become increasingly larger, putting great pressure on the living environment. The collection site often smolders, causing smoke, dust and acrid odors. The air in the village is suffocating, and water and soil sources are seriously polluted.

Plastic recycling in Minh Khai village is always in a state of serious pollution.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phi, a resident of Nhu Quynh town, was upset: My house is a kilometer away from Minh Khai village, but I often smell a burning smell. This is a very characteristic burning smell due to burning plastic. This characteristic burning smell can be due to plastic recycling activities, or it can be due to waste at the collection site being burned. This is a toxic substance, if you smell it a lot, you will feel tightness in the chest, have difficulty breathing, and people with poor health may feel dizzy.

The working environment at plastic recycling facilities in Phan Boi residential group, Di Su ward (My Hao town) is always cramped and stuffy.

Both Lieu Xa leather tanning village (Yen My) and Tu Dan arrowroot powder processing village (Khoai Chau) are on the list of establishments causing serious environmental pollution in Decision 64 of the Prime Minister. However, the leather tanning profession in Lieu Xa commune and arrowroot powder processing profession in Tu Dan commune no longer exist. There is no radical solution to reduce environmental pollution in production, so households working in the profession have to find other ways to make a living.

Many types of machinery have been put into production at Thuy Lan carpentry village, Thanh Long commune (Yen My) to reduce waste.

How to preserve and develop craft villages while ensuring the quality of the living environment is an unsolved problem. Many production facilities in craft villages have invested in machinery and equipment to optimize production processes and minimize waste discharged into the environment. However, due to the production scale being mainly household; the production area is located in residential areas, so the production waste of craft villages is discharged together with domestic waste. Most production facilities in craft villages do not have a system to collect and treat wastewater and exhaust gas that meets the requirements of regulations.

Bringing machinery into production to reduce environmental pollution in food processing villages
Trai Trang, Yen My town (Yen My)

Applying information technology in production at Mao Chinh carpentry village, Duong Quang commune (My Hao town) helps increase productivity and product quality.

Mr. Tran Dang Anh, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, said: To solve the problem of pollution in craft villages, more drastic and synchronous measures are needed, from inspection and punishment to the construction of concentrated production areas. In concentrated production areas, it is necessary to plan and build adequate technical infrastructure, apply advanced waste treatment technology, and meet the requirements for waste treatment according to the scale of the production area. This requires close coordination between the government, organizations, producers and the villagers themselves to ensure a clean living environment and sustainable development for craft villages...

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Duc Toan - Mai Nhung

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