Vietnam to significantly cut use of single-use plastics
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam aims to use 100% of environmentally-friendly plastic bags and packaging at shopping malls and supermarkets by 2025, according to a project approved by the Government on Thursday.
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Other goals include to collect, reuse, recycle and treat 85 percent of plastic waste; to reduce the volume of plastic waste dumped to ocean by half; to have 100% of tourism complexes, hotels and other lodging facilities not use non-biodegradable plastic bags and single-use plastic products.
Additionally, the project will gradually cut the production and consumption of non-biodegradable plastic bags and single-use plastic products in daily life.
Vietnam is among the world's largest marine plastic polluters. Each year, the country reportedly dumps an estimate of 300,000 – 700,000 tonnes of plastic waste into the ocean per year, accounting for 6% of the world's marine plastics.