After nearly a year of construction, the garbage transfer station at 370 Le Thanh Nghi in Hoa Cuong Nam Ward, Hai Chau District, which is considered to be the most modern of its kind in Viet Nam, has been put into trial operation since April 30.

Currently, the garbage transfer station at 370 Le Thanh Nghi has 4 garbage compactors with a total capacity of about 500 tonnes/day. In the photo: Collected garbage is pressed into closed

The construction cost of the station is VND 171 billion and is funded by the municipal budget. The Da Nang Management Board for Infrastructure Construction and Urban Development Investment Projects is responsible for selecting eligible units to operate the station according to the city’s regulations.

The garbage transfer station has a construction area of 2,100m² and a total floor area of 3,400m².

Currently, the station has 4 garbage compactors with a total capacity of about 500 tonnes/day.

During the operational process of the station, collected garbage will be pressed into closed containers, each having a capacity of 10.35 tonnes. Then, these garbage containers will be transported by large dump trucks to the Khanh Son landfill for treatment.

During the process of garbage treatment, the transport vehicles must ensure that the garbage will not produce bad odours, and no wastewater will leak into streets to avoid environmental pollution.

Such bulky and difficult-to-handle trash as furniture and solid waste will be put into the waste grinder, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, to be crushed and then be transferred to the garbage compactors.

Mr. Nguyen Hoang Xuan, the Manager of the city’s garbage transfer station project, said during the process of pressing garbage, leachate is collected through ditches leading to a temporary treatment area before being discharged to the Hoa Xuan wastewater treatment plant.

In the garbage press area, there is also an odour extraction system, an odour control misting system and an air intake system which will createwarm pressure so that the bad smell does not fly out.

According to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment, with the rapid urbanisation rate, about 1,000 tonnes of waste are generated in the city every day on average and the volume is expected to increase in the future.

The operation of the garbage transfer station with modern garbage compaction technology helps improve garbage collection in the city centre area, and reduce the volume of trash truck traffic by 70%, thereby fundamentally solving environmental problems in solid waste collection and transportation in the city.

A team of domestic and foreign technical experts assembling the equipment at the station.

Inside a technical control room at the garbage transfer station.

Workers are seen checking equipment and machines at the station.

A camera surveillance system at the station.

The garbage transfer station has a construction area of 2,100m2 and a total floor area of 3,400m2.

Reporting by CHANH LAM - Translating by M.DUNG