Municipal Solid Waste Management in Yangon

Current Municipal Waste Management in Yangon city, Myanmar

1. Yangon City Development Committee
Urban Environmental Conservation and Cleansing Department
Sustainable Waste Management in the Mekong Region
Investment and Market Research Mission 2024, Lao PDR
3
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July 2024
Mr. Bawi Kyone
Deputy Director

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Area of Yangon - 757.379 km
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Population of Myanmar - 55 millions
Population of Yangon - 8.2 millions
Township - 33 Townships
Rate of Waste Generated - 0.51 Kg/ capita / day
Collecting Waste ton per day - 2500 -2700 tons per day
(included industrial waste from 24 industries)
Healthcare Waste - 6 tons per day
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Serving Facts for Yangon City by Urban Environmental
Conservation and Cleansing Department

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4. Waste Collection System
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➢Collecting Household Waste
➢Waste Collecting Systems
▪Collecting by making disposed to 660 liters bins
▪Collecting by using Compactor vehicles from 660 liters bins
▪Collecting by using TATA Hopper vehicles in streets
▪Collecting by using Tricycle (collecting with employee force and garbage cart in narrow roads
and places that is far to dispose waste, and replace employee force elsewhere)
▪Collecting with Door to Door system (collecting by making to dispose in set day, time and
place)
➢Collecting business and Commercial waste (On Call System)

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Machineries and Vehicles Management
No. Type of Vehicle Amount
(I)Vehicles 668
(II)Machineries 64
(III)Other Machineries 315
Total 1047
➢Performing with 1047 machineries and vehicles
➢Vehicle Training to Gent & Lady Drivers
➢Vehicles Repairing and Maintenance
➢GPS Installation in Collection Vehicles
➢Daily Monitoring and Inspection of Collection Vehicles Routes

6. Waste Collecting Vehicles

7. Map of Final Disposal Site in Yangon City
1500 Tons
1000 Tons
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8 Tons
Under Construction
35 Tons
73 Tons
YWTEP (60) Ton
Htein Bin FDS
Htawei Chaung FDS
Seikkyikanaungto FDS(Small)
Yangon Pauk New FDS
Thayatpin Chaung
New FDS
Dala (Small FDS)

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No Name of FDS
Constructed
Year
Site ( Plant) Area
Remaining Area
(Acre)
Dispose Ton Per
Day
( Current )
Life Span
(year)
1 Htein Bin 2002
290- Acre
Used- 220 Ac
70 1500 4
2 Htwei Chaung 2001
113- Acre
Used- 49 Ac
64 1000 2
3 Dala 2003
2.749- Acre
Used- 2.749 Ac
0 35 1
4 Seikkyi Khanaungto 2003
2.277- Acre
Used- 1.5 Ac
0.777 8 2
5 Thayat Pin Chaung 2022 182.528 - Acre 182.528 73 25
6 Yangon Pauk 2022 123- Acre 123 - 25
7 YWTEP 2017 - - 60 -
Daily Waste collected Amount = About 2500-2700 Ton/Day(Approx.)
Current Situation of Final Disposal Sites

9. Semi-Aerobic Landfill (Fukuoka Method) Pilot Project collaborating
between YCDC and Fukuoka City, Japan
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Land Areas
1 Ha
(2.471 Acres)
Daily Waste Disposed
Amount
83 tons
accumulated period
of disposed waste
2 years and 11
months
Total Waste Disposed
Amount
88588.525tons
Rate of Waste
Compression
(1 cubic meter)
0.8 ton
Slope of Making a
Frame (1 layer)
27 Degree(1:2)
Layer’s height 3 meters per layer

10. Waste Rehabilitation in Htein Bin Final Disposal Site
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Before
After

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Waste Disposing in Htawei Chaung Final Disposal Site
(Technical Transfer from partial Fukuoka Method)
Before
After

12. Source
Generation
(Hospitals/Clinics)
Collection/
Transportation
Disposing
At FDS/Cemetery
Destruction
Process
Healthcare Waste Management
Incineration Process
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13. Yangon Waste to Energy Plant Project
CHASSON INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD 13
Cooperated
Organizations

YCDC-PCCD,
JFE Engineering Corporation
Location Taw KyaungKalay cemetery,
ShwePyiThar township
Construction Period 2015-2017
Investments 16 Millions as of the JCM
Scheme (8 Millions from YCDC
and 8 Millions from Japan
Government)
Waste Calorific
Value
Between 750 KJ / KG and 1200
KJ / KG
Incineration
Capacity
60 ton/day
Power Generation
Capacity
700 KW
self-sustain about 400KW and
300KW export to National Grid
Line for sale
Operation Started7
th
April 2017

14. 1.Waste Collection (Budget Supporting and Grant Aid)
▪Advanced Waste Collection System
▪How to aware the Willingness to Pay
▪How to aware Public Participation
2.Waste Transportation (Budget Supporting and Grant Aid)
▪Proper New Collection Trucks
▪1 Ton, 1.5 Tons, 2 Tons, 3 Tons and 25 m
3
containers
3.Hazardous Waste Management, Including Healthcare Waste
(Budget Supporting and Grant Aid)
▪Waste Storage System
▪Waste Collection System
▪Waste Transportation System
▪Incineration
▪Submerge
4.Waste to Energy (BOT, Soft Loan, Loan)
▪Waste to Energy
▪Waste to Biogas
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Investment and Market Research in Yangon, Myanmar

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