Nearly 1,000 tons of waste per day during Lunar New Year in Vinh City
(Baonghean.vn) - This number is 3 times higher than normal days, therefore, Vinh city's environmental sanitation workers must collect garbage throughout Tet, ensuring the streets are green, clean, and beautiful for people to enjoy Tet and welcome Spring.
During the Lunar New Year, people's shopping and business needs increase, therefore, the amount ofhousehold wastealways increased dramatically compared to normal days. The work of environmental sanitation workers in Vinh city is many times more.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu - a worker at Nghe An Urban Environment and Construction Joint Stock Company said: My job is special, when everyone has a break during Tet, I work more. The entire team of 20 workers work continuously day and night every Tet holiday to sweep the streets, collect every bag of trash... to restore a clean and beautiful environment for people to enjoy Tet.
“This year, the number of ornamental plants is slow, many garden owners left their plants behind on the 30th of Tet to return, so the work of collecting waste is more. On New Year's Eve, everyone is still busy doing their work, just taking a few minutes to watch the fireworks, take a souvenir photo, then without anyone telling anyone, continue to hold brooms to clean the streets so that tomorrow people can go out for Spring…”, Ms. Thu shared.
Following the footsteps of the sanitation workers, one can feel the hardship of this job. In the summer, the garbage stinks, in the winter it is cold and rainy. This is a job that, even if it is well-paid, not many people dare to take on.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh - an environmental sanitation worker shared: "During the past Tet holidays, we all worked until 2-3 am before returning home. Then, we took a nap for a few hours, got up to prepare for Tet offerings, and continued working until late at night in the afternoon. Tet passed by so quickly."
Mr. Nguyen Chi Thong - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nghe An Urban Environment and Construction Joint Stock Company said: Every year, the amount of waste during Tet increases 3-4 times compared to normal days, peaking from December 20 to January 15. If on average, Vinh City has 250-300 tons of waste per day, during Tet it has increased from 900-1,000 tons. With the number of human resources and vehicles unchanged, this is really a huge pressure, workers also have to work at 100% capacity to ensure the environment during Tet.
"The work of collecting waste is not only hard but also contains many risks. You always have to work on roads, vehicles constantly passing by, there is a potential risk of traffic accidents, especially during Tet, there are people who drive motorbikes in a zigzag pattern, which is even more dangerous. Therefore, the unit always cares and listens to the thoughts and wishes of the workers to have timely encouragement, focusing on taking care of the material and spiritual life of the workers so that they can work with peace of mind", Mr. Nguyen Chi Thong emphasized.
On the occasion of the recent Lunar New Year,Vinh City Party Secretary Phan Duc Dongvisited and wished a Happy New Year to Nghe An Urban Environment and Construction Joint Stock Company, and at the same time praised and acknowledged the difficulties that environmental sanitation workers had to face with the huge amount of waste during Tet. However, the workers made efforts to bring a green, clean, and beautiful Tet to Vinh city./.
