Climate targets: Waste

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  7 targets

  • Key target until 2030: The rate of municipal solid waste that is collected and treated in compliance with the regulated standards reaches 95%; the proportion of municipal solid waste that is treated with the direct burial method accounts for only 10% of the waste collected; 
    
    
    Key target until 2050: The rate of solid waste that is collected and treated in compliance with national standards reaches 100%, while the burial of organic solid waste and recyclable waste are reduced to a minimum; 100% of urban areas have sewage systems that are synchronously built and refined so as to eliminate urban flooding 
    
    
    Waste | Intensity target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2022
    Source:

    Vietnam's Green Growth Strategy for 2021-2030, vision 2050 and related PM Decisions

    Executive | 2021

  • By 2030, waste sector reduces 60,7% greenhouse gas emissions compared to the business as usual (BAU) scenario, emission does not exceed 18 million tonne of CO2td
    Waste | Baseline scenario target | Target year: 2030
    Source:

    Decision No. 896/QD-TTg on approving the National Strategy for Climate Change until 2050

    Executive | 2022

  • By 2050, waste sector reduces 90,7% greenhouse gas emissions compared to the business as usual (BAU) scenario, emission does not exceed 8 million tonne of CO2td
    Waste | Baseline scenario target | Target year: 2050
    Source:

    Decision No. 896/QD-TTg on approving the National Strategy for Climate Change until 2050

    Executive | 2022

  • Increase the utilization rate of wastes generated from industrial/agricultural plants for energy purposes from 45% in 2015 to 50% in 2020, approx. 60% in 2030 and 70% in 2050.
    Waste | Intensity target | Target year: 2050
    Source:

    Decision No. 2068/QD-TTg on approving Viet Nam's Renewable Energy Development Strategy up to 2030, with an outlook to 2050

    Executive | 2015

  • Increase the disposal rate of animal wastes for energy purpose (biogas) from about 5% in 2015 to 10% in 2020, approx. 50% in 2030, and most of animal wastes shall be disposed in 2050
    Waste | Intensity target | Target year: 2030
    Source:

    Decision No. 2068/QD-TTg on approving Viet Nam's Renewable Energy Development Strategy up to 2030, with an outlook to 2050

    Executive | 2015

  • Increase the disposal rate of municipal wastes for energy purpose from a current negligible level to 30% in 2020, approx. 70% in 2030, and most of municipal wastes shall be used for energy purpose in 2050
    Waste | Intensity target | Target year: 2030
    Source:

    Decision No. 2068/QD-TTg on approving Viet Nam's Renewable Energy Development Strategy up to 2030, with an outlook to 2050

    Executive | 2015

  • By 2030, decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 60,7% in waste treatment compared to BAU
    Waste | Baseline scenario target | Target year: 2030
    Source:

    Decision No. 888/QD-TTg on approval for Scheme Setting Out Tasks and Solutions for Implementation of Outcomes of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the Untied Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Executive | 2022

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