Piloting of domestic volume-based waste fees (VBWF): Waste auditing and recommendations for Hoi An city perform the tasks

Project information

Assignment name

Piloting of domestic volume-based waste fees (VBWF): waste auditing and recommendations for Hoi An city perform the tasks

Location

Cam Nam Ward, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province

Date
12/2022 – 07/2023

Client

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Consultants/ stakeholders 

People’s Committee of Hoi An city
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
People’s Committee of Cam Nam Ward

Description of Project
Within project, BUS recharged of consulting in the component: “Hoi An piloting of domestic volume-based waste fees (VBWF): waste auditing and recommendations for Hoi An city perform the tasks “, including:

(1) Enhance awareness of waste generators (e.g. households, private sectors) in Hoi An city regarding waste auditing and segregation at source through trainings, meetings, develop awareness materials (eg. flyer and poster, video); 

(2) Provide an understanding of solid waste characteristic in Cam Nam ward (pilot site) through waste audit to be organized 2 times; 

(3) Propose solutions in pilot implementation of the collection of domestic waste fees based on volume (VBWF) for Hoi An to implementing VBWF in 2024; 

(4) Analyze financial mechanism in solid waste collection, transport, treatment and creating a recycling ecosystem through connecting the HAPW, MRFs, 54 Recycle Station (Green House which managed under Hoi An Woman Union) and ReForm and other recycling business in Hoi An;

Results, activities

• Result 1 – Data on the current status of Cam Nam Ward before and after deploying VBWF per group: households, schools, offices, shops, hotels, restaurants;

• Result 2 – In depth understanding about the activities of the informal recycle activities in Cam Nam ward and Hoi An City; 

• Result 3 – Promote multi-stakeholder engagement and improve target community’s practices on community solid waste management with an emphasis on waste segregation at sources, increase the rate of recyclable material collection in the target areas through community engagement;

• Result 4 – Conduct financial mechanism analysis of solid waste collections, transports, treatments and recycling in Hoi An;

• Result 5 – Facilitate to setup the recycle ecosystem set up with participation from collection stations and MRFs, informal waste sector (junk shops and individual waste pickers) to collect: Aluminium cans; PET bottles; UBCs; and ReForm waste (low value plastic waste);

• Result 6 – Awareness raising for local communities by engaging them in solid waste audit and waste segregation at sources separation and providing training for women’s union, especially the informal waste sector;

• Result 7 – Recommendations for solutions to piloting the VBWF for Hoi An;

• Result 8 – Develop the waste segregation at sources materials (e.g. posters, flyers, brochure) and video

Vietnamese version: https://bus.org.vn/projects/thi-diem-thu-phi-rac-thai-theo-khoi-luong-hoi-an/

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