Research News for Climate Compliant Cities: The Case of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Schwartze, Frank; Gravert, Andreas; Eckert, Ronald; Schinkel, Ulrike; Kersten, Ralf

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0785-6_35

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“…Since 1986, when the Doi Moi reforms were introduced, Vietnam has developed from a centrally planned system to a "socialist-oriented market economy" facing the highest economic growth rates in Asia [2]. The process of urbanization accompanied by immigration from rural to urban areas leads to pressure on the environmental quality.…”

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Solid Waste Management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Moving towards a Circular Economy?

Schneider

Anh

Wagner³

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The paper presents the current situation of the waste management system of the megacity Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, and the options for waste and land recycling in a low income country. Generally, there is a large potential for circular economy in the city as the main proportion of the waste flows are recyclables. Due to the missing selective collection system, this potential is not used in the full extend yet, even if the collection of the entire waste volumes is envisaged in the National Waste Management Strategy by 2025. The waste stocks are the landfill locations in the region of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), two of them being in operation and two of them already being closed. A special focus is given to the landfill GÈ Cát, which was subject to an option analysis in terms of waste and land recycling options. The results indicate that there are several reuse options: the use of the landfill material in a waste-to-energy process after landfill mining, the reuse of the re-gained land in case of landfill mining, the reuse of the capped landfill for energy crop cultivation, and the gasification in a biogas plant in case of a remaining landfill.

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confidence: 99%