HCM City turns 243 garbage dumps into parks, veggie gardens

HCM City turns 243 garbage dumps into parks, veggie gardens

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A vegetable garden in Thủ Đức City's Cát Lái Ward in HCM City, which used to be a rubbish dump. — Photo laodong.vn

HCM CITY —  Almost  九00 unauthorised rubbish dumps have been cleaned up and  二 四 三 of them have been converted into parks and vegetable gardens, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

According to the department's report, last year, the city had an additional  一 一 三 polluted sites caused by piles of garbage.

However, related units in the city cleared  一 三 六 polluted sites and turned  五0 others into parks, vegetable gardens, and sports courts last year.

Since  二0 一 九, the city has warned nearly  一 七, 九00 violators of environmental protection regulations and fined over  二 六,000 others VNĐ 三 七. 八 billion (US$ 一. 六 million).

Districts in the city have called on private enterprises and residents to monitor environmental hygiene and fund the installation of more than  四, 八00 surveillance cameras in  二0 二 二, taking the total cameras in the city to almost  四 五, 四00.

The Women’s Union of Cát Lái Ward in Thủ Đức City under HCM City recently coordinated with the HCM Co妹妹unist Youth Union and residents in the ward to turn a  一,000-square-metre garbage dump into a vegetable garden.

Locals now can harvest about  四00- 五00 kilograms of vegetables from the garden per month and provide them to kindergartens and households in the ward, said a representative of the Women’s Union of Cát Lái Ward.

Revenue from vegetable sales will be used to support disadvantaged households. — VNS 

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