Chapter III.
SEPARATION OF SOLID WASTE
Article 19. Source separation of solid waste.
1. Ordinary solid waste shall be controlled and separated at source and stored in bags or tanks of given colors as specified by law.
2. Hazardous solid waste shall be separated at source and separately stored according to regulations, and shall not be mixed with ordinary solid waste. Mixed hazardous and ordinary solid waste shall be disposed of like hazardous solid waste.
3. Organizations and individuals engaged in activities that generate solid waste shall separate solid waste at source according to Article 20 of this Decree.
Article 20. Separation of ordinary solid waste
1. Ordinary solid waste from all diffirent generation sources are separates into two principal groups:
a. Group of wastes which are recoverable for reuse or recycle; scraps discarded from production; household and industrial electric and electronic appliances, discarded means of transport and products used for production and consumption; used paper, metal, glass or plastic containers and packing, etc…;
b. Group of wastes which shall be processed or buried: organic waste ( trees, tree leaves, vegetables, foods, carcass, etc…); consumer goods containing toxic chemicals ( batteries, accumulators, lubricating oil and grease, etc.); and other non-reusable solid waste.
2. Construction solid waste, such as sludge, soil, stone and other construction, and demolition debris, ect.., which shall be separated:
a. Soil and sludge from the excavation and dredging of surface soil layer, which can be used to fertilize cegetation soil;
b. Soil, stone, soil waste from construction materials (bricks, roofing tiles, mortar, concrete and discarded adhesive materials ) which are recyclable or reusable as filling materials for construction works;
c. Solid wastes like broken glass, discarded iron and steel, dead wood, paper and plastic bags which are recyclable or reusable.
Article 21. Separation of hazardous solid waste
1. Minstries and branches shall guide the separation and preservation of hazardous solid waste from production, service, reseach and experimental acticities of sectors under their management to serve the solid waste collection and separation.
2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall promulgate the list of hazardous waste.
Article 22. Responsibilities and obligations of ordinary solid waste generators
1. Reaponsibilities and obligations of individuals and households:
a. All individuals shall place solid waste at prescibed point at public places according to regulations;
b. Households shall separate and put solid waste in sanitary containers or in bag of given colors, or dump them at prescribed sites;
c. Households, when conducting renovation or demolition of construction works, shall register with urban environment companies or directly contract with licensed construction solid waste transportation units to dump their waste at prescribed sites;
d. Households in urban centers and craft villages that organize production at their residences shall separate their waste and enter into contracts with solid waste collectors, transportors and disposal facility owners;
e. Households in rural, deep-lying and remote areas where collection systems are unavailable shall dispose of their solid waste under the local administration’s guidance and may not dump them onto roads, into rivers, streams, canals and ground water sources. Packing of used toxic chemicals or dicarded chemical products for agricultural or forestry production shall be stored in separate bags, separately collected, transported and disposal of;
f. To pay sanitation charges set by local administrations.
2. Responsibilities and obligations of agencies, trade or service establishments, industrial production establishments and craft villages:
a. To collect and separate ordinary solid waste at source with sanitary tools under the guidance of collectors and transporters;
b. To enter into contracts for solid waste collection, transportation and disposal services; to pay full service charges as contracted.
Article 23. Responsibilities of hazardous solid waste generators
1. Responsibilities of hazardous solid waste generators:
a. To make registration with local state agencies in charge of environmental protection;
b. To separate, pack, preserve and store hazardous solid waste at their establishments according to regulations on hazardous solid waste management before it is transported to disposal facilities according to regulations. Hazardous solid waste shall be labeled with necessary information according to regulations.
2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall guide the registration of hazardous solid waste generators.
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Nghị định 59/2007/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)