Management of treatment and use of waste in production of building materials in Vietnam

Management of treatment and use of waste in production of building materials in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What are building materials?

- Building material refers to a product or goods used to build a construction work according to Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree 09/2021/ND-CP, except for electrical and technological equipment.

2. Management of treatment and use of waste in production of building materials in Vietnam

Management of treatment and use of waste in production of building materials according to Article 9 of Decree 09/2021/ND-CP is as follows:

- Owners of facilities that use ash, slag and gypsum from thermal power plants, chemical plants, fertilizer plants, metallurgical plants and other industrial facilities shall:

= Comply with the law on environmental protection and other regulations of competent authorities;

= Classify and treat ash, slag and gypsum in accordance with technical regulations and standards to be used as raw materials for production of building materials and use in construction works;

= Hire other licensed units in case of failure to classify and preliminarily treat ash, slag and gypsum.

- For building material production facilities that treat and use waste as raw materials and fuels:

= Their production activities shall comply with regulations of law on construction and environmental protection;

= It is required to make sure that the production of building material products conforms to with technical regulations and standards and standards concerning health and environment protection.

3. Use of building materials and building components in construction works in Vietnam

Article 7 of Decree 09/2021/ND-CP stipulates the use of building materials and building components in construction works as follows:

- Goods and products of building materials and building components used in construction works must meet quality requirements, standards, technical regulations, designs and technical guide (if any).

- The Prime Minister shall introduce a roadmap for using unbaked building materials, natural resource- and energy-saving and environment-friendly building materials and building materials domestically produced regarding works using by public investment funds and non-public investment state funds.

- It is advisable to use unbaked building materials, natural resource- and energy-saving and environment-friendly building materials and building materials domestically produced regarding construction works funded by other sources of capital.

4. Requirements concerning quality of products and goods of building materials and building components in Vietnam

Article 10 of Decree 09/2021/ND-CP stipulates the requirements concerning quality of products and goods of building materials and building components as follows:

- Quality of products and goods of building materials and building components must be compliant with regulations of law on quality of products and goods; law on technical regulations and standards.

- Domestically produced products and goods of building materials and building components must meet published standards.

If national standards applied to products and goods of building materials have not been available, the producers thereof shall formulate and issue internal standards in accordance with regulations of law on technical regulations and standards.

- Regarding imported products and goods of building materials and building components, standards applied shall be published. Products and goods of building materials and building components managed under national technical regulations should conform to respective national technical regulations.

Quoc Dat

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