ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
Hoi An intensifies fight against plastic wastes
14 November 2019 | 07:02:00 AM
All agencies, organisations and schools in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An City have been asked to quit the use of single-use plastic items and nylon bags for their activities by the year-end.
Municipal Party Secretary Tran Anh has issued a directive on reducing and controlling the use of plastic products in order to help the environmental protection.
All local agencies, organisations and schools have been instructed to stop using single-use plastic products at their meetings and events.
No water plastic bottles used at a meeting in Hoi An
Under the directive, by late 2021, shops, single-use plastic items will not be used at markets and submarkets in Hoi An.
The city has set a goal to reduce the use of plastic products by an average 13-15% per year. By 2025, the locality will completely put an end to the single-use plastic use.
Every day, around 100 tonnes of domestic rubbish are discharged in Hoi An with 20% of this being plastic waste.
Cam Ha dumping site overloaded following its incinerator closure in October 2018.
Cu Lao Cham, or the Cham Islands, in Quang Nam Province is a pioneer in eliminating the use of plastic bags and most single-use plastic.
(Cong Binh | dtinews.vn)
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