1. PROJECT:
ESTABLISH A SYSTEM
OF COLLECTING
USED BATTERIES, BULBS
AROUND HO CHI MINH CITY
Total Value of Proposed Project: 124,740 EUR
Life of project: 03 years
SUBMITTED TO:
Nguyen Huu Ngoc Tran
Executive Director - Marketing
Vinamilk Corporation
10 Tan Trao Street, Tan Phu Ward, District 7
Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: (84.8) 54 155 555
Fax: (84.8) 54 161 226
Email: vinamilk@vinamilk.com.vn
Website: www.vinamilk.com.vn
SUBMITTED BY:
Vo My Y
A4E- Actions For Environment Club
The Vietnamese German University
Tel: (84.0) 917 375 179
Email: udp2010.vgu@gmail.com
Ho Chi Minh City, 15th September 2011
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2. Table of Contents
1. DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Title................................................................................................................ 3
1.2 Place ............................................................................................................. 3
1.3 Cost of the project and donor contribution ..................................................... 3
1.4 Summary ....................................................................................................... 3
1.5 Objectives ...................................................................................................... 4
1.6 Justification.................................................................................................... 4
1.7 Implemenentation and organizational framework .......................................... 6
1.8 Detailed description of activities .................................................................... 8
1.9 Duration and action plan................................................................................ 9
2. EXPECTED RESULTS....................................................................................... 12
2.1 Expected impact on the target groups ......................................................... 12
2.2 Concrete results .......................................................................................... 12
2.3 Multiplier effects .......................................................................................... 12
2.4 Risks and sustainability ............................................................................... 13
3. LOGICAL FRAMEWORK MATRIX ..................................................................... 13
4. BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT .......................................................................... 17
5. EXPECTED SOURCES OF FINANCING ........................................................... 19
REFERENCE ........................................................................................................... 20
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3. THE PROJECT
1. DESCRIPTION
1.1 Title
ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF COLLECTING USED BATTERIES, BULBS
AROUND HO CHI MINH CITY
1.2 Place
District 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Binh Thanh, Tan Binh, Phu Nhuan, Go Vap in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam
1.3 Cost of the project and donor contribution
Total cost of the project: 124,740.00 EUR
Amount requested from donor institution: 124,740.00 EUR
% of total cost of project: 100% grant
Durantion of funding period: 3 years
1.4 Summary
Although people know throughoutly dangers causing from heavy metals inside
batteries and bulbs, they do not know how to dispose them appropriately or there is
no sufficient system to collect used batteries and bulbs around us. Establishing a
collecting system of used batteries and bulbs at public place is a good way to reduce
dangers to human life and protect environment, recycle them to reduce cost of
production. Target groups are every citizen, specially pupils, students, shoppers,
housewives. Process of proposal are firstly, setting up a system of collecting point* at
popular locations, secondly attracting people bring used batteries, bulbs to collecting
points and finally collecting at every collecting point twice a month and then transport
to toxic waste treatment plant.
*Note: collecting point is a place where is put storing basket. Storing basket is a
container of used batteries and bulbs which are brought to by community.
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4. 1.5 Objectives
Overall objective: A widespread and operated system of collecting used batteries
and bulbs to reduce dangers to human life.
Bulbs contain mercury and batteries contain toxic materials, such as lead, mercury,
cadmium and lithium, both of them can corrode and leak these hazardous
compounds into the ground, contaminating the groundwater, once they are buried in
the landfill, they will cause toxic dangers to human beings and environment1. So that,
bulbs as well as batteries should be collected and appropriately disposed in
treatment plants. Currently, there is only one collecting point at the Big C
supermarket and collection is only occurred once a year in the Earth Hour, started in
2010. The amount of batteries were collected was roughly 100kg in 20112 meanwhile
every year, only Vietnamese company named Pinaco produces 125 million cells3 for
domestic consumption. A collecting system of used batteries and bulbs in larger
scale should be set up to collect as much as possible used products.
Specific objectives:
- To provide a collecting system of used battery, bulb on a large extent.
- To recycle battteries and bulbs, a good way to reduce demand of materials and
metal for producing them.
- To protect environment.
1.6 Justification
Every year, particularly in Vietnam, The Dry Cell and Storage Battery Joint Stock
Company (PINACO) produces 250 million cells of batteries3 and The Rang Dong
Light Source & Vacuum Flask J.S.C produces 80 million bulbs4 for domestic and
export consumption, in there domestic demand ocupies fifty per cent in total
production. This means Vietnamese consumers use roughly 125 million pieces of
batteries and approximate 40 million bulbs per year. After using, these products are
thrown in dump site and existed in environment year after year.
1 Hawaii Ham Radio Information Pages (2002)
2 Vinastar
3 Pinaco
4 Rang Dong
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5. However, throwing inappropriately batteries, bulbs into environment causing dagners
to human living and environment. Batteries are imflammable and explosive and
contain toxic materials, such as lead, mercury, cadmium and lithium. If disposed with
the regular trash, these batteries can corrode or bulbs are broken or leaked these
hazardous compounds into the ground, contaminating the groundwater. If burning
them in normal way will release toxic components smoke and ash, the atmosphere
will be polluted and damage to human beings.
Perhaps people know already dangers of toxic compounds of batteries and bulbs, yet
we do not have an especial and widespread collection of these toxic wastes. There
are either people know these toxic wastes’ danger yet they do not know where they
can throw dead batteries, bulbs or other number of people who are not aware of their
action of inappropriate throw causing to polluted environment.
Lessons of protecting environment in schools and universities are only theorical when
our society do not have any programs or actions to do. Students are taught not to
throw or break batteries and bulbs due to their toxicity but they do not know how to
discharge them in right way because we do not have any collecting system.
Students, pupils are sensitive and new generations who are willing to respond to
social programs. In another side, they will be leaders to contribute and develop
country in later period, so that encouraging them to protect environment is the done
thing.
Shoppers and housewifes are people who frequently go to public places such as
supermarket, markets, trading centers and take their children to bookstores so that
aiming to these groups easily achieves satisfactory results.
Vinamilk Coporation, big supermarkets, Toxic Waste Treatment Plant, meida
communitors are potential sponsors for the project by many advantages. By
participating in the project of collecting used batteries and bulbs, participants firstly
help to protect environment and human livings, secondly the project will shine their
brand company, a good way for advertising them but helpful for community,
particularly:
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6. • Vinamilk: getting a good reputation by putting their brand on the storing
baskets at popular locations.
• Coopmart, Big C Supermarket, Lotter Mart, Vincom, Parkson: participating
the project as location’s owners for putting storing basket.
• Toxic Waste Treatment Plant, Dong Thanh, Hoc Mon, Ho Chi Minh City:
play an important role in project. This plant will treat and recycle used batteries
and bulbs before disposing. This is a governmental plant and their
responsibility is solving toxic waste. So project brings job and reputation to this
plant.
• Radio Station, Television Station, Newspapers, Information Websites: are
social workers, contributing to the project as a source of information and
encourage community take part in theh project.
1.7 Implemenentation and organizational framework
(a) Implementation methods and strategy
Attracting community bring their used batteries and bulbs to collecting points
Using sources of funds from variety of sponsors
Take advantage of sponsors’ power, use as less of funds as possible but
achieveing high result.
(b) Reasons for the proposed methodology
Community’s willing is crucial key of project. If they are not eager to join in the
program, project will not succeed. So attraction strategies are neccessay to
concentrate on this project.
Run project with funds which is as less as possible, taking advantage of
location’s owner to reduce project’s cost and at the same time help sponsors’
company advertise their brand.
(c) Descriptions of the role and participation in the project of the
various actors and the reasons for which these roles have been
assigned to them
Vinamilk: the main sponsor for this project. By supporting funds for firstly
designing and installing storing basket of used batteries and bulbs, secondly
for implementing project by pay staffs and workers.
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7. Location’s owners of Coopmart, Big C Supermarket, Lotter Mart, Maximart,
Parkson, Schools, Universities, Bookstores: supporting places to put storing
basket of collection at their buildings.
Toxic Waste Treatment Plant: supporting to project by firstly transporting
waste from collecting points to The Plant and secondly treat and recycling
used batteries and bulbs.
Radio Station, Television Station, Newspapers, Information Websites:
supporting to project by broadcasting on their media about information of
collecting program to community.
(d) Monitoring and evaluation procedures
The internal monitoring and evaluation are done by appicant institution.
Making the process and quality has to be reported every 6 months to
Sponsors and community.
The external monitoring and evaluation are done by Sponsors and community.
(e) Human resources proposed for the implementation of the project
Project management: 1 manager
Consultancy: 2 external consultants
Design of storing basket and installing location: 2 designers
Worker to install: 2 workers
Worker to collect: 4 workers
Driver to transport: 2 drivers
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8. 1.8 Detailed description of activities
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Preparation
Finding and designing places where can put storing
A.1. Identify location
baskets in
A.2. Contact to toxic waste To ask agreement of transport and treat used
treatment plant batteries and bulbs
A.3. Contact to sponsors To ask support and get agreement to start project
Forming storing baskets which are appropriate shape,
A.4. Design collecting basket
size and decoration
After having finishedly designed basket, put them in
A.5.Install basket
popular places
Designing route and time to collect waste reasonably
A.6. Prepare transport system
to save energy and cost of transport
A.7. Recruit staff Hiring workers, designers, installers
A.8. Design program of mobilizing Preparing attracting program to make community pay
the masses attention to the program
Contacting to media communitors to ask help of
A.9. Associate with the media
broadcasting advertising campaigns
Implementation
B.1. Check and complete Check every step at preparation phase whether they
preparation phase totally before are available or not. If not, try to complete all before
starting starting program
B.2. Launch an advertisement Starting advertisement campaign and bring
campaign information to public
B.3. Collect waste once a month Gathering waste at collecting points and moving them
at each collecting point to treatment plant
Keep amount of waste at every time of collecting
B.4. Recording running period
detailedly
B.5. Evaluate project Analysizing and estimating project movement
Maintain and Development
Frequently check safety of collecting points and
C.1. Monitor safety of storing
basket, being careful with too wet area or near
baskets
smoking area
C.2. Continue asking more fund After three years, starting asking fund again for the
and attract more sponsors project
C.3. Extent scale in wider area If project occurs in good way, a bigger scale shoulb
be mention and widen to suburban Ho Chi Minh City
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9. 1.9 Duration and action plan
The preparation phase will be on three (03) months.
The implementation phase will start at the forth month, collection will be once
a month.
Evaluation will be by the end of each half-year, the first evaluating plan will be
on June, 2012.
The maitain phase will be happened when collection starts the second time
and in the second year of project, development phase will be occurred.
Planned starting day: 01st January 2012.
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10. Year 2012
First half-year
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Activity
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
A.1. Identify location
A.2. Contact to toxic waste
treatment plant
A.3. Contact to sponsors
A.4. Design collecting basket
A.5.Install basket
A.6. Prepare transport system
A.7. Recruit staff
A.8. Design program of mobilizing
the masses
A.9. Associate with the media
B.1. Check and complete
preparation phase totally before
starting
B.2. Launch an advertisement
campaign
B.3. Collect waste once a month
at each collecting point
B.4. Recording running period
B.5. Evaluate project
C.1. Monitor safety of storing
baskets
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11. For all the following years:
Second
Third
Activity
half-
half-
year
year
4
5
6
B.3. Collect waste once a month at each collecting point
B.4. Recording running period
B.5. Evaluate project
C.1. Monitor safety of storing baskets
C.2. Continue asking more fund and attract more sponsors
C.3. Extent scale in wider area
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12. 2. EXPECTED RESULTS
2.1 Expected impact on the target groups
- Recover used batteries, bulbs, reducing dangers to environment if they are
broken or leaked.
- Recycle basic materials which are contained inside batteries and bulbs like
heavy metals.
- Strengthen reputation of sponsors’ company and advertise for supermarkets,
trading centers.
- Protect environment out of pollutants from toxic metals of batteries and bulbs.
- Appropriate store and disposal batteries will restrict explosion.
- Increase awareness of community to protect environment.
2.2 Concrete results
- At least big super markets ( 5 Big C and 17 Coopmart supermarkets), and big
trading centers (3 Parkson, 1 Vincom, 2 Lotter Mart) in District 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, Bình Thạnh, Tân Bình, Phú Nhuận, Gò vấp participate in project.
- At least collected batteries and bulbs are 20% of total consummed batteries
and bulbs.
2.3 Multiplier effects
- Enrich community’s behaviour to environment.
- Reputation of sponsors’ company will be reminded when they participate in
protecting human environment.
- After three years, when people are familiar with collections at popular
collecting points, the project will be extented in larger scale, widen out to
suburban area around Ho Chi Minh City, namely District Hoc Mon, Cu Chi,
Nha Be. In addition, schools and universities will be included for students
easily discharge waste whenever they are.
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13. 2.4 Risks and sustainability
- Available budget : be sure that budget for equipment, staff and operatiion of
project are available.
- Within three next years, there will not happen major fluctuations in the economy. If
not, cost of staff, trasportation will increase, the present caculation is not suitable.
- Lack of support from sponsors: sponsors of transport and treating waste,
sponsors of advertising and broadcast information to community, sponsors for
collection and storing waste are very important in the project.
- Lack of willingness of community who are main role of bring waste from home to
collecting points. If they are not eager or enjoyable to take part in project, the
amount of waste collected will be small and so that, the Treatment Plant do not
receivie waste to recover or recycle.
- Storing baskets are install inappropriately, for instance be placed in too wet area
or near smoking area, this will be dangerous for batteries which are easy to burn
or leak into environment.
- Advertisement campaigns are not strong enough to attract community participate
in program so that community will not participate in project.
- Collections are not run in time or behindhand leading to overload storing of
basket, each of storing basket is designed for storing a certain amount of waste
within one month, if colletion is late, the capacity of storing of basket is not
enough, they will be fallen out and damage to environment.
3. LOGICAL FRAMEWORK MATRIX
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14. Objectively Verifiable
Overall objective Sources of Verification
Indicators
A widespread and operated Used batteries and bulbs Number of used batteries and
system of collecting used bulbs collected
batteries and bulbs to reduce
dangers to human life
Objectively Verifiable
Specific objective Sources of Verification Assumptions
Indicators
1. To provide a collecting 1.Location, Staff, Equipment, 1. Appropriate and sufficient - Available budget
system of used battery, bulb Means of transport location, staff, equipment, - No major fluctuations in the
on a large extent vehicle of transport economy
2. To recycle battteries and 2.Recoverd materials from 2. Amount of products are
bulbs, a good way to reduce batteries and bulbs manufactured by recovered ommunity to participate in
demand of materials and materials or benefits form project
metal for producing them recycled materials
3. To protect environment 3.Reduce amount of used 3. Amount of used batteries
batteries and bulbs thrown into and bulbs are reduced in
environment dump site, accidents or
diseases by broken batteries
and bulbs
Objectively Verifiable
Expected results Sources of Verification Assumptions
Indicators
1. An operating collecting 1.Operating system 1.Continuous system of - Lack of support from
system collecting sponsors
2. Recover used batteries, 2.Recovered materials from 2.Report from Treatment plant - Small amount of waste so
bulbs at treatment plant. used batteries and bulbs about amount of recovered that Treatment Plant do not
materials receivie
3. Protect environment out of 3.Accidents or diseases from 3.Number of accidents and - Limited willingness from
pollutants from toxic metals batteries and bulbs diseases from batteries and community
of batteries and bulbs. bulbs - Storing baskets are install
inappropriately, for instance
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15. 4. Appropriate store and 4.Storing baskets 4.Number of incidents in too wet area or near
disposal batteries will happening at collecting points smoking area
restrict explosion. - Advertisement campaigns
5. At least 80% of total 5.Waste at collecting points 5.Amount of waste collected at are not strong enough to
collecting points has waste. collecting points attract community
6. At least collected batteries 6.Used batteries and bulbs 6.Amount of waste collected at participate in program
and bulbs are 20% of total collected at storing baskets collecting points - Collections are not run in
consummed production. time or behindhand leading
7. Reputation of sponsors’ 7.Reputation of sponsors’ 7.Survey result of community to overload storing of basket
company are strengthened. company consideration of these
companies
8. Increase awareness of 8.Awareness of community 8.Survey result of community
community to protect behavior to used batteries and
environment. bulbs
Objectively Verifiable
Activities Sources of Verification Preconditions
Indicators
A. Preparation
A.1.Identify location A.1.Appropriate location A.1.Number of appropriate - Agreement of sponsor
location - Available location
A.2.Contact to toxic waste A.2.Toxic Waste Treatment A.2.Agreement of director of - Willing to participate of
treatment plant Plant Director’s agreement plant with supporting for media communitors
project - Available fundings
A.3.Contact to sponsors A.3.Sponsor agreement A.3.Agreement of sponsor
with supporting for project
A.4.Design storing basket A.4.Shape, Size, Color and A.4.Sponsors’ pleasure
Poster on basket
A.5.Install basket A.5.Installed baskets A.5.Number and quality of
installation of storing basket
A.6.Prepare transport system A.6.Transport system A.6.Available transport system
for collecting and moving
A.7.Recruit staff A.7. Staff A.7.Staff’s understanding of
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A.8.Design program of A.8.Mobilizing program A.8.Logical and attracting
mobilizing the masses advertisement
A.9.Associate with the media A.9.The media’s agreement A.9.Agreement of the media’
directors with broadcasting
information and advertisement
campaign
B. Implementation
B.1.Check and complete B.1.Finished preparation B.1.Finish of preparation - Available funding
preparation phase totally before phase phase - Willingness of community:
starting bringing used batteries and
bulbs to collecting points
B.2.Operating transport system B.2.Transport system B.2.Effect of times of
collection
B.3.Launch an advertisement B.3.Advertisement campaign B.3.Number of citizens meet
campaign program
B.4.Collect waste twice a B.4.Collection of waste B.4.Monthly report of
month at each collecting point collection
B.5. Recording running period B.5.Record of period B.5.Amount of waste collected
C. Maintain and development
C.1. Monitor safety of storing C.1.Safety of storing baskets C.1.Times of check and - Available funding
baskets number of broken storing - Agreement of sponsors for
baskets maintaining project
C.2. Continue asking more fund C.2.Funds and sponsors C.2.Fund is possible to maitain
and attract more sponsors project
C.3. Extent scale in wider area C.3.Project area C.3.Participation of district 2,
Nha Be, Cu Chi, Hoc Mon,
Thu Duc
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17. 4. BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT
Total of Expanses on Activities Year 1 Year 2 & 3
AMOUNT
EXPENSES UNIT (EURO) TOTAL
Staff Costs:
Project manager 1 people 12 months 600.00 7,200.00 14,400.00
External consultants 2 people 12 months 300.00 7,200.00 14,400.00
Designer of storing basket and 2 people 01 month
200.00 400.00 0.00
location
Worker to install storing baskets 2 people 01 month 100.00 200.00 0.00
Worker to collect waste 4 people 12 months 150.00 7,200.00 14,400.00
Driver to transport 2 drivers 12 months 150.00 3,600.00 7,200.00
Operating Costs:
Storing baskets 28 baskets 30.00 840.00 0.00
Place occupation (0.25m2/spot) 28 spots 12 months 10.00 3360.00 6,720.00
Transporingt means 2 vehicles 12 months 300.00 7,200.00 14,400.00
Advertisement compaign 01 month
- Radio
100.00
- Newspapers
50.00 300.00 0.00
- Information Websites
50.00
- Distribute leaflets at public
100.00
places
Transport fuel (including collection 200km/time*0. 24 times *2 1.00/liter
960.00 1,920.00
and transport to Treatment Plant) 1liter petrol/km vehicles petrol
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18. Direct Project Costs:
Training staff Once A year 200.00 200.00 400.00
Maintain system A year 200.00 200.00 400.00
Repair or replace old baskets A year 100.00 100.00 200.00
Total (basic expenditure) 38,960.00 74,440.00
10% of
SAFETY RATIO A year 3,896.00 7,444.00
expenditure
SUM 42,856.00 81,884.00
Note (Highlight words): Sponsors can support by lending “Place occupation, Transporingt means, Advertisement compaign”. This
means sponsors do not support by cash yet by their properties (place and transporting means) or by their products (advertisement in
media).
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19. 5. EXPECTED SOURCES OF FINANCING
Uses of funds for three (03) years
ACTIVITIES COST (euro) Percent of Total
1 Preparation 44,640.00 35.79%
2 Implementation 67,260.00 53.92%
3 Maintain and Development 1,500.00 1.2%
4 Safety rate 11,340.00 9.09%
TOTAL COST 124,740.00 100.00%
Sources of funds
Percent of
SOURCES FUND (Euro)
Total
1
Vinamilk Coporation – Executive Director of Marketing 78,240.00 62.72%
Donors
2
Collecting points’ Owners 10,920.00 8.75%
3
Toxic Waste Treatment Plant’s Director 35,280.00 28.28%
Directors of Radio Station, Television Station, Newspapers,
300.00 0.25%
4 Information Websites
TOTAL PROJECT FUNDS 124,740.00 100.00%
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20. REFERENCE
1. Hawaii Ham Radio Information Pages (2002), Batteries in Fact and Fiction,
Department of Meteorology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Retrieved from
http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/bat.html
2. Vinastar - The Vietnam Standard and Consumers Association (2011), Hưởng
ứng chiến dịch giờ trái đất, BigC tổ chức "Ngày hội thu gom pin đã qua sử
dụng. Retrieved from
http://www.nguoitieudung.com.vn/home/?act=News-Detail-c-8-1423-
Huong_ung_chien_dich_gio_trai_dat_BigC_to_chuc_Ngay_hoi_thu_gom_pin_da_
qua_su_dung.html
3. PINACO – The Dry Cell and Storage Battery Joint Stock Company.
Introduction.Retrieved from http://www.pinaco.com.vn/vn/default.aspx?c=2
4. Rang Dong - Rang Dong light Source & Vacuum Flask Joint Stock Company.
Introduction.Retrieved from
http://rangdongvn.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid
=3
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