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Finding the right approach to lower marine plastic pollution Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công  10/06/2021    06:35 GMT+7 Implementing subprojects of the Rethinking Plastics Project to collect marine litter in Phu Yen and manage ship waste at Cat Lai Port will promote the conservation of the Vietnamese marine environment. Funded by the European...

Clearing up the future of the planet 07:00 | 07/06/2021 There could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050, warned the Ellen MacArthur Foundation five years ago. Today, this warning still holds value if business continues as usual. The G20, inter-regional projects like Rethinking Plastics, and groups of scientists have taken the initiative and are trying their utmost to reduce marine litter and protect the future of our ocean as well as ourselves. Plastic...

Bringing tried-and-tested EU know-how to bear in Vietnam 09:00 | 07/06/2021 Discussing European  Union’s ambitions to combat plastic pollution, Rui Ludovino, first counsellor of Climate Action, Environment, Employment, and Social Policies at the Delegation of the EU to Vietnam, shared with Tom Nguyen how the Rethinking Plastics Project is supporting Vietnam in cleaning up its marine environment. The Rethinking Plastics Project spans seven countries in Sou...

Rethinking Plastics kick-off workshop of pilot activities 12:54 | 21/04/2021 The kick-off workshop for the Rethinking Plastics – Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter Project took place on April 9 in Hanoi, highlighting important policy developments and four pilot projects currently underway, to jointly address the concerning plastic pollution issue in Vietnam.     Rethinking Plastics kick-off workshop of pilot activities The workshop for the Ret...

Vietnam pilots initiatives to reduce plastic waste and marine litter Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công  11/04/2021    01:30 GMT+7 Vietnamese authorities and international organisations discussed ways to reduce plastic waste and marine litter in Vietnam at a workshop held in Hanoi on Friday. A local sorts works in a plastic waste landfill in no...

Update: April, 10/2021 - 07:57 |   A local sorts works in a plastic waste landfill in northern province of Lào Cai. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngọc Hà  HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese authorities and international organisations discussed ways to reduce plastic waste and marine litter in Việt Nam at a workshop held in Hà Nội on Friday. Delegates presented work between the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), the Delegation of the Euro...

Supermarkets hammer out details on future of plastics 12:50 | 05/04/2021 A pilot project on establishing a plastic alliance of Vietnamese supermarkets and shepherding the retail industry towards the more sustainable production and consumption of plastics was launched on March 31 by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment, along with the Department of Industry and Trade of Hanoi. Last week’s consultation workshop opened discu...

After banning plastic bags last year, New Zealand now proposes to regulate single-use plastic packaging