ABSTRACT
Various industrial wastes in Vietnam (VN), such as ash–slag and sludge generated from different production processes, have not been correctly classified leading to inadequacies in management. To promote the efficient management of industrial wastes toward the development of a circular economy in industrial zones, this research focused on the assessment of the current management of industrial wastes and seeking opportunities to develop a circular economy by conducting in 17 industrial zones in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), VN with different evaluation methods including the measurement of physiochemical properties of each industrial waste to determine the potential reuse, recycling, and industrial symbiosis as well as further analysis of technical infrastructure factors, management mechanisms, and policies to propose integrated solutions to recover and recycle these waste resources.
