Documents Awareness - Knowledge
logo
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

Hội An aims to be ‘zero plastic waste’ destination

19 March 2022 | 08:25:00 AM

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the centre for Supporting Green Development and PRO Vietnam have donated 54 ‘green houses’ (dust bins made from reform plastic) and waste classification tools to Hội An City’s Women’s Union to boost recycling and zero plastic waste in the community.





 

 
 

Recycled plastic dustbins and classified garbage boxes are donated to Hội An City’s women’s union, promoting plastic waste reduction among the community and tourists. VNS Photo Công Thành

 
 

 

The dust bins, which were recycled from plastic bags, single-use straws, styrofoam and low-value plastic waste, will be used to collect the single-use plastic and low-value waste for reform into useable tools, panels and furniture in Hội An.


It also helps improve awareness in reducing plastic waste while promoting recycling among the community and tourists.

Low-value plastic waste types, including plastic bags, pieces of net, lure, fishing lines, hard plastic buoys, floating foam buoys, foam boxes; styrofoam containers, hard plastic pieces, plastic straws, food, and confectionery packages, are dumped because vendor garbage pickers cannot collect them.

In Hội An, a tourism hub in central Vietnam, 30 per cent of daily collected waste (about 110 tonnes) is low-value plastic waste (single-use cups and straws, styrofoam, milk box and food packages).

Tourist trading activities accounted for 40 per cent of daily waste in Hội An.

Evergreen Labs set up the reform plastic factory to classify and recycle 1,000 tonnes of low-value plastic waste in Hội An.

The Chàm Islands, 20km off the coast of Hội An, have officially banned plastic single-use straws and cups and plastic bags.

About 100 businesses in Hội An committed to reducing 30 per cent single-use plastic and recycling 50 per cent of organic waste.

The ‘green houses’ programme has been implemented in the Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities initiative framework with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Local Solution for Plastic Pollution, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development.

Bùi Thị Thu Hiền, Marine and Coastal Resources Program Coordinator at IUCN (Vietnam Office), said IUCN had launched a new garbage sorting programme as part of efforts to reduce plastic waste in Vietnam.

Hiền said IUCN and Greenhub had supported Marine Protected Areas staff in Việt Nam to identify plastic waste, build a database on plastic waste, and offer policy advice on reducing plastic waste and plastic production.

Tân Thành weekend flea market on An Bàng beach, 5km from Hội An, has been building ‘green’ beach tourism by boosting plastic-free and zero-waste recycling among the community and tourists.

Chàm Islands and Cẩm Thanh commune, two favoured destinations in Hội An, have been building as the first ‘zero waste’ sites in central Vietnam.

(VNS)

Views: 2331

Other news

Quang Nam offers enticing discounts to boost tourism

(06/04/2025 07:03:AM )

Stray rhesus macaque released into Bai Tu Long National Park

(01/04/2025 07:23:AM )

Vietnam saves 448,000kWh of electricity during Earth Hour 2025

(26/03/2025 07:12:AM )

Hanoi tops global air pollution rankings

(24/03/2025 06:24:AM )

Ten rare white pheasants released into Cuc Phuong National Park

(23/03/2025 08:02:AM )

The book "Resource efficiency and cleaner production with sustainable industrial development" has been launched for readers

(22/03/2025 07:16:AM )

Hue clears massive oil slick.

(13/03/2025 06:46:AM )

Work begins on VND3.5 trillion waste-to-energy project in HCM City

(10/03/2025 07:00:AM )

Binh Thuan: Phu Quy Island makes efforts to eliminate plastic waste

(01/03/2025 10:01:AM )

VIDEO

Environmental Sustainability - we have choices

See more

ENVIRONMENT BRAND

UPCOMING EVENTS
The first Green Cypress to be recognized...

(VACNE) – These are 2 green cypress trees more than 300 years old...

See more
Some pictures of the ceremony to recognize...

(VACNE) – N(VACNE) – Authorities, mass...

See more
ADB finances climate resilience infrastructure...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million financing...

See more
US support Vietnam strengthen wildlife protection

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Agriculture and...

See more
PHOTO GALLERY