Chapter IV
COLLECTION, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE
Article 24. Collection, storage and transportation of ordinary solid waste
1. The collection, storage and transportation of ordinary solid waste shall be conducted by service companies, service cooperatives or households (hereinafter referred to as solid waste collectors and transporters) under service provision contracts.
2. Ordinary solid waste in urban centers shall be collected along specified routes and by methods in conformity with approved solid waste management plannings.
3. Solid waste containers shall be installed along main roads, in commercial areas, parks, square densly populated areas, traffic hubs and other public places.
4. The capacity of waste tanks installed inside construction works must be suitable to the waste-storing duration. Waste containers installed at public places must be up to technical standards and ensure public beauty.
5. The solid waste storing duration shall not exceed two days.
6. Vehicles used for solid waste transportation must be special-use ones that satisfy technical and safety standards, have been tested and licensed by functional agencies for operation.
7. In the course of solid waste transportation, it is prohibited to leak or drop waste, emit dust or smell
Article 25. Collection, storage and transportation of hazardous solid waste
1. Collection, storage and transportation of hazardous solid waste shall be conducted by organizations with appropriate capability and hazardous waste management practice licenses granted by a competent state agency.
2. Hazardous solid waste generators may organize by themselves the collection, storage and transportation of their waste to disposal facilities if they are able to do so and licensed by a compete at state agency. Hazardous solid waste generators that are incapable of collecting, storing and transporting their waste shall enter into contracts with licensed organizations to do so.
3. Ministries and branches shall guide the onsite collection and storage of hazardous solid waste in production establishments, craft villages, medical establishments and research and experiment institutions under their management.
4. The Ministry of Natural Resources anh Environment shall specify the condition of capability and guide the grant of licenses for practicing hazardous waste management.
Article 26. Responsibilities of ordinary solid waste collectors and transporters
1. To ensure sufficient personnel and vehicles for the collection and transporation of the whole solid amount at prescribed places
2. To install solid waste tanks at prescribed places; to supply waste bags to households and guide households, organizations and individuals that generate solid waste in conducting the source separation of waste.
3. To publicly announce the solid waste collection schedule, places and routes in residential areas.
4. To collect solid waste and transport it to prescribed places.
5. To bear responsibility for the dropping of solid waste and dispersion of smell, thus causing adverse environmental impacts in the course of collection and transportation.
6. To professionally train and equip labor protection devices for solid waste collection and transportation workers.
7. To organize periodical health checks for their employees.
8. Other responsibilities specified by public-utility service contracts.
Article 27. Responsibilites of hazardous solid waste collectors and transporters
1. To ensure sufficient collection equipment, vehicles and other safety devices in order to transport the whole amount of hazardous solid waste to the prescribed places under service contracts signed with waste generators.
2. To ensure that their solid waste collection equipment and vehicles meet technical requirements for operation, and are registered and permitted for road or waterway operation according to traffic regulations.
3. To repair, maintain and clean solid waste collection equipment and vehicles.
4. To ensure that personnel managing or directly engaged in solid waste collection and transportation are fully qualified and trained in management and operation of equipment and vehicles in order to ensure safety and environmental sanitation in the course of operation.
5. To equip labor protection devices and provide periodical health checks for laborers directly engaged in solid waste collection and transportation.
6. To bear responsibility for the dropping, leaking and dispersion of hazardous waste into the environment.
Article 28. Responsibilities of local administrations, mass organizations and population in solid waste collection and transportation.
1. Provincial-level and district-level People’s Committees shall organize solid waste management in their localities; publicly announce plannings on solid waste management; organize inspection, examination and handling of law violations in the domain of solid waste collection and transportation.
2. Commune-level People’s Committees, mass organizations and local people shall supervise the solid waste collection and transportation in their localities. Any detected law violations in solid waste management shall be reported to local competent agencies for handling according to law.
3. Contents of supervision of solid waste collectors and transporters:
a. The notified collection and transportation process: supply of waste bags; collection schedule, places and routes; places of transportation destination;
b. Requirements on assurance of environment sanitation in the course of solid waste collection and transportation;
c. Requirements on labor protection devices for labourers;
d. Collection of sanitation charges according to regulations.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 59/2007/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)