Brussels (VNA) – The Belgian-base multinationalconglomerate Menart is cooperating with the Vietnamese industrial developer SonadeziCorporation to build a waste treatment plant in the southern province of DongNai’s Vinh Cuu district.
The 7.1ha plant, which turns waste into compost, was putinto a trial run last year. Located at an area for domestic and industrialwaste treatment in Vinh Cuu’s Vinh Tan commune, it has a daily capacity oftreating 450 tonnes of waste and can operate 8 hours a day.
About 80 percent of the organic waste received will betreated as compost, while about 5 percent of plastic bags are recovered,recycled, and reused.
Menart is in charge of supplying equipment for the project and works are underway to complete the waste sorting and composting equipment, among others, serving the operation expansion of the plant. Menart equipment forthe project is made in Vietnam and Belgium, with the Belgian company sendingits experts to Vietnam to study the local conditions.
Menart General Director Berengere Menart said she isconfident in cooperation with Vietnam in the field, affirmingher wish for further technology transfer collaboration with Vietnamese partnersin environment and agriculture.
Founded in 1961 with a focus on designing and manufacturingcomposting machines and waste sorting plants, Menart is now operating across 60countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and America.
The company has worked in Vietnam since the late 1990s andprovided waste treatment equipment for plants in Dong Nai, Soc Trang, Kon Tum,Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen, and Ha Nam./.