Strategies to promote composting in Namdinh, Vietnam | |
| Author | Tran Ngoc Quang |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-00-09 |
| Subject(s) | Organic wastes--Vietnam Refuse and refuse disposal--Management--Vietnam Compost--Vietnam |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Like other developing cities, Namdinh is faced with solid waste management problems. Solid waste is, with high proportion of organic matter, increasing rapidly. Due to the various limitations, the Namdinh Urban Environmental Company (URENCO) cannot manage the solid waste properly. It leads to many environmental problems. Because of high proportion of organic waste in solid waste, composting is considered a practical solution to deal with this problem. Yet, the market of compost is still small. With this in view, this research aims to study the factors that affect the compost market and then to propose strategies to promote composting in order to solve the solid waste problem in Namdinh. To carry out this research, the primary data were collected by questionnaire survey, observation and interview. The necessary secondary data were also collected. SPSS software was used as the main tool to analyse the data. The multiple regression was used to determine the factors that affect the compost demand and estimate the potential demand of compost in the rural area of Namdinh. On the supply side (urban area), the smvey finding suggests that quantity of organic waste is large (30,090 ton/year). Fortunately, Namdinh people usually segregate food waste and recyclable waste. It is a good foundation for separating organic waste at source and undertaking composting program. However, public awareness on the organic waste management is rather low. At the same time, waste collection service, as offered by Namdinh URENCO, strongly determines waste separation. Hence, for success of waste separation and composting program, educational campaign for all Namdinh citizens is essential. Similarly, the local municipality should create more economic incentives to encourage the people to do the waste separation. More importantly, Namdinh URENCO has to provide basic facilities such as separate waste bins to facilitate waste separation and collection. On the demand side (rural area), the potential use of compost for farming is found large (50,054 ton/year). The local farmers presently use organic fertilizer. Their use of compost fe1iilizer is still limited due to high price, inadequate information of compost quality and application, and lack of compost advertisement and compost use campaign. Therefore, to promote compost market, appropriate quality and affordable price of compost need to be set. At the same time, the propagation, campaign and application guideline for farmers are essential. Based on the findings from the research, strategies to promote composting in Namdinh are proposed. These are: (1) waste separation strategy, (2) compost production strategy, (3) compost quality standard establishment strategy, (4) compost pricing strategy, and (5) compost marketing strategy. To implement these strategies, major requirements are cooperation of all stakeholders (i.e. national government, local government, concerned organizations, local residents, specially, Namdinh URENCO) and their sustained efforts. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Amin, A.T.M. Nurul |
| Examination Committee(s) | Zimmermann, Willi ; Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development Agency/Canadian Universities Consortium (CIDA/CUC |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 |