Dividing the total solid waste generated (i.e., 8.175 tons/day) in Ho Chi Minh City by its total population (i.e.,
7,981,900), about 1.02 kg solid waste has been generated by each person per day. The 1.02 kg/capita/day generation
of solid waste is higher than 0.61 kg/capita/day (country average) reported by UNEP 2004 for Viet Nam for 2001. In
ASEAN countries, such as in Philippines, daily per capita generation of solid waste was 0.3 kg (rural) 0.5 kg
(urban), in Lao PDR 0.75 kg, Malaysia 0.68 kg and Thailand 0.23 kg in 2001 (UNEP 2004). In the same report,
Singapore was at the top in solid waste generation with a value of about 4.0 kg/capita/day.