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Three experts on why eradicating plastic pollution will help achieve gender equality
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Author: Kristin Hughes, Director, Global Plastic Action Partnership, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Geneva
Women fight on the frontlines against plastic pollution.
The transition to a circular economy for plastics – and the shift to a green and sustainable world – must go hand-in-hand with building a plastics value chain that is inclusive and gender-equal.
Gov’t launches National Plastic Action Partnership 15:18 | 23/12/2020
VGP – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on December 23 attended the launching ceremony of the Viet Nam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP).
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and participants at the launching ceremony of the Viet Nam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) and the “Mitigating marine plastic debris in Viet Nam” project, Ha Noi, December 23, 2020 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
This is the partnership between the Government of Viet Nam and the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) to rally efforts in plastic pollution reduction and transition to circular economy.
Viet Nam discharges about 22 million tons of solid trash annually, including 10% plastic waste and the figure is on the rise.