(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and the US have launched the “Plastic and Health Action Partnership” (PHA) with the aim of reducing the impact of plastic wastes on public health.
 A plastic waste dump in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. (Photo: VNA) |
The partnership between the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) part of the Local Solution for Plastic Pollution (LSPP) sponsored by the USAID and Center for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub).
In Vietnam, it is estimated that there are 25 million tonnes of solid domestic waste each year, and 10-20 percent of it is plastic.
Christine Gandomi, USAID acting director office of Environment and Energy, stated that the partnership would mark the beginning of a new era of collaboration, exchange of knowledge and good practices around plastic pollution challenges.
PHA would be among the first partnerships focusing on plastic and its impacts on human health, she said.
PHA will support departments and localities all over the country to carry out policy advocacy activities related to plastic and health; build and contribute to a datacentre; boost communication activities; raise awareness on the relationship between plastic and health; and deploy pilot models to reduce plastic pollution across the country.