Author : Nguyen Xuan Huu

Summary : Solid waste management remains a major environmental concerns among many
countries in Southeast Asia particularly Vietnam. Given the current pressure of
industrialization, urbanization and increasing populationin Tu Ky town in Haid Duong
City, Vietnam, this study was conducted to determine the mean willingness to pay value
of the households for the improvement of the its solid waste management system. A total
of 200 households were interviewed using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM).

An overwhelming total of 195 out of 200 households were found to be willing to pay
for the solid waste management system improvement.The computed mean WTP for the
improvement of SWM in the Tu Ky town was $2.24/ hh/m or a total of $26.86/hh/year
(Logit model) and was $2.95/hh/m or a total of $35.67/hh/year (Tobit model). Total benefit
amount to $61,714/year (Logit model) or $81,952/year (Tobit model) for the entire 2015
population of Tu Ky town. While the households' WTP was found to be negatively affected
by the bid price, their household income, and join (Tobit model) positively affects WTP.
This result implies that as bid price increases, the WTP of the households decrease. Income
and join, on the other hand, have positive effects on WTP indicating that high income earning
households and high in participating to groups or environmental movements
would relatively have a higher WTP than lower one.