Launched in 2006, the project was implemented in a pilot model in Lang Ha, Thanh Cong, Phan Chu Trinh and Nguyen Du wards.

It will be implemented on a large scale in Tay Ho, Cau Giay, Thanh Xuan, Hoang Mai, Long Bien districts and several communes of Tu Liem, Gia Lam, Thanh Tri, Dong Anh and Soc Son urban districts.

Funded by the Japanese government, the project has helped mitigate buried waste, improve environmental hygiene in the project sites and in particular has raised city dwellers’ awareness of sorting their trash before putting it out for collection.

According to Hisashi Yamauchi, head of JICA 3R-Hanoi project, the pilot phase in four wards achieved good results, winning support of local authorities and the community, especially the young people.