A training course on solid waste management took place in Japan’s Yokohama on Monday for representatives of units and authorities at local level implementing the project of promoting waste sorting at source and Reduce – Reuse - Recycle (3R) programmes in Da Nang.

Experts from Yokohama City and the Japanese Institute for Global Environmental Strategy (IGES), plus officials and people of Nam Duong Ward, Hai Chau District, participated in the model in July 2023. Photo: HOANG HIEP

Five years ago, the first stage of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-sponsored project was successfully carried out under the effective cooperation between the two cities and technical support of the Japanese Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) with many models spreading in the community in Hai Chau and Thanh Khe districts. This served as a basis for the municipal government to decide to deploy solid waste classification at source by 2025.

After completing the first stage of the project, Yokohama City continues to provide technical support for Da Nang to promote solid waste management to soon meet new regulations of the 2020 Environmental Protection Law.

Accordingly, the second phase of the project themed ‘Collaboration with Yokohama Municipal Solid Waste Management Experience (D-3RYM) during the 2022 – 2025 period’ has been carried out in Da Nang in a bid to strengthen the municipal solid waste management system from waste separation at source to sustainable resource recycling and treatment.

During nearly a week of learning experience and taking part in a training course on solid waste management in Yokohama City, the delegation of officials, civil servants and officials of units and authorities at local level of Da Nang discussed the actual progress of the second phase of the project.

Additionally, the delegation visited and learned from experience in building the Kawasaki eco-town, recycling leftover cooking oil to produce soap, Takakura composting method, soil mixing and composting methods in Seya District, oil recycling in Saga City, and food waste recycling for businesses at the J Bio Food Recycle.

Reporting by HOANG HIEP - Translating by M.DUNG