Title: Establishment of industrial solid waste treatment costs of the mechanical industry - a case study in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam

Authors: Ngoc Tuan Le; Ky Phung Nguyen

Addresses: University of Science – Vietnam National University, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, Ward 4, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ' Sub-Institute of Hydrometeorology and Environment of South Vietnam, 19 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Vietnam

Abstract: Survey results from 72 mechanical manufacturers in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in conjunction with related studies showed that industrial solid waste - hazardous waste (ISW-HW) treatment charges were operated in two forms: fixed and varied based on generated ISW-HW mass. Charges of collection - transport - storage - treatment - landfill for each waste composition varies widely (5 ÷ 20 fold), depending on the agreement between waste generators and solid waste services. Charges have not yet shown the relationship with treatment technologies, achieved treatment levels, as well as the correlation with transport distance and waste's toxicity. Methodology for calculating ISW treatment costs by incineration was initially set. Treatment costs per ton of ISW from the mechanical industry were specifically established for each case of emission, corresponding to different payloads of transport means.

Keywords: waste treatment costs; environmental management; waste management; economic instruments; industrial solid waste; hazardous waste; Vietnam; mechanical industry; transport distance; waste toxicity; incineration.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2014.059937

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2014 Vol.13 No.3, pp.246 - 256

Received: 21 Dec 2012
Accepted: 28 May 2013
Published online: 13 May 2014 *

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