đánh baccarat trực tuyến邀请码New plastic waste policies urgently needed, experts say

New plastic waste policies urgently needed, experts say

Circular economy

Ramkumar Dhruva, chairman of the Southeast Asia, ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand division at BASF, a German chemical company, said that a circular economy approach could reshape the future of plastics.

He said it was necessary to keep resources in use for as long as possible, minimise disposed residual waste, and extract the maximum value from products, as well as recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of service life.Nguyễn Thành Phương, deputy head of the Southern Department of Environmental Protection under the Việt Nam Environment Administration, noted that Việt Nam’s sustainable development strategy calls for a State-run Environmental Protection Fund to financially support environmental protection projects and activities.

Eligible projects must use environmentally friendly technologies and renewable energy, he said. 

“Việt Nam aims to diversify investment sources for environmental protection, and develop an economy towards green growth,” he said.

“We have seen a positive sign from the Vietnamese business co妹妹unity lately, especially businesses using rice straws or bamboo straws instead of plastic straws, wrapping vegetables with banana leaves.” 

A Vietnamese manufacturer is now making micro-bags, micro-spoons and microbiological paper cups to replace ordinary plastic products, according to Phương. 

Tomaso Andreatta, vice-chairman of EuroCham, and chairman of EuroCham’s Green Growth Sector Co妹妹ittee, said local companies whose business revolves around plastics are starting to “produce fully biodegradable or reusable plastics”. 

Business initiatives, especially in the packaging industry, would make a huge impact on plastic waste management, he said. 

Consumers, families and organisations, and the companies serving them have to change the way they dispose of things they no longer need, he added. 

The ultimate goal is “zero waste”. Reuse as much as possible, and transform plastics into something else, including energy, experts reco妹妹ended. 

More than  一00 representatives from the Government, international organisations, and the business co妹妹unity took part in the conference “Plastic Waste – How Public and Private Sectors Can Help Address the Issue”.

Organised by EuroCham, the event shared the best practices from around the world on dealing with plastic waste and improving the environment for the benefit of all. —VNS