Vinh City: The amount of waste during Tet holiday increases 3 times compared to normal days.

During Tet, the workload of Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh, a worker at Nghe An Urban Environment and Construction Joint Stock Company, increases exponentially. Her shift starts at 2 p.m. every day, through the night, and she returns home at dawn, but the collection is still not enough because the amount of garbage has increased dramatically.

The amount of waste during Tet in Vinh City is up to 1,000 tons/day, 3 times higher than normal days. Photo: QA

Ms. Thanh shared: “The job of collecting garbage is already hard, during Tet the work increases because every house cleans up, so a lot of garbage is taken out. Especially after the day of sending Ong Tao to heaven, shops, companies, and houses start cleaning up and throwing garbage out. Besides, people's business and shopping at the end of the year are also more bustling, goods are poured into the city from everywhere, so even though working hours have been increased, it is very difficult to collect thoroughly…”.

From December 20, when the amount of waste begins to increase, sanitation workers have to work throughout Tet, without days off, to ensure the streets are green, clean, and beautiful to serve people to enjoy Tet and welcome Spring.

According to statistics, if on normal days, the amount of household waste in Vinh City fluctuates from 280 - 320 tons/day, during Tet holidays it has increased 3 times.estimated volume of nearly 1,000 tons/day.

This year's Tet holiday, the garbage collection work is also more special than previous years due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Currently, the number of Covid-19 infected patients in Vinh City is still increasing, the number of F1 quarantined at home is also very large, therefore, garbage collection in these areas during Tet must also ensure absolute safety and have a separate treatment process, not to spread the disease.

All sanitation workers have to work throughout Tet, and only after the first day of Tet can they divide their shifts to return to their families. Photo: QA

Mr. Nguyen Chi Thong - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nghe An Urban Environment and Construction Joint Stock Company said: "Commentwaste collection and treatmentThis year will be more difficult than previous years, so the company has proactively prepared a plan early. Accordingly, all employees and workers of the company must work throughout Tet to ensure the environment, and only after the first day of Tet will they start to take Tet holiday in shifts to return home to reunite with their families. The company also mobilized 70 vehicles and motor vehicles of all kinds to handle and transport garbage in a timely manner, to avoid congestion and pollution before, during and after Tet...

For households with F0, F1, garbage collection and treatment will also be handled separately. The company must increase collection vehicles and human resources because of new stages. For example, previously only 1 person per vehicle was needed to collect garbage on the roads, but now there must be a separate specialized vehicle to collect the quarantined households, and at the same time, there must be an additional person to spray disinfectant along. In addition, the garbage treatment process is also more complicated. When bringing garbage to the complex, the amount of garbage from these households must be treated, a separate burial pit must be dug, all protective gear of workers must also be buried together, before burying, it must be sprayed with disinfectant and covered with lime powder to ensure absolute safety.

Waste from households with F0 and F1 cases must be collected and treated separately. Photo: QA

Previously,Vinh City People's CommitteeThere is Plan No. 283/KH-UBND on organizing the decoration, promotion and activities to welcome the New Year, celebrate the Party, and celebrate the Year of the Tiger 2022. Besides organizing activities, Vinh City also directs forces, wards and communes to ensure environmental sanitation before, during and after the Lunar New Year.

Accordingly, the city directed the environmental company to organize regular and continuous waste collection, ensuring environmental sanitation throughout the city, especially in the city center areas, where cultural and artistic events are held, and where Tet and Spring celebrations are celebrated. Wards and communes proactively coordinate with the environmental company, mobilizing people to carry out a general cleaning campaign during Tet, ensuring the environment is always green, clean and beautiful.