The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has unveiled a plan to strengthen the management, recycling, reuse, processing, and reduction of plastic waste in the city.
Traders at Long Phuoc traditional market in Thu Duc city are gifted reusable bags by members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union during a campaign for the reduction and recycling of plastic waste in May (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee hasunveiled a plan to strengthen the management, recycling, reuse, processing, andreduction of plastic waste in the city.
It targets supermarkets and other commercial centres in the city usingeco-friendly reusable plastics in place of single-use plastics this year.
Traders at traditional markets are encouraged to use eco-friendly reusableplastics to package food and cut single-use plastic packaging by half byyear-end.
Shoppers are encouraged to limit the use of disposable plastic items and takereusable bags when they shop.
State agencies and State-owned companies are required to take the lead incampaigns for the reduction and recycling of plastic waste and ban single-useplastic items such as bottles, straws and containers.
Plastic waste discharged by seaside tourism services and seafood farming haveto be collected and transferred to waste treatment facilities for recycling andtreatment to reduce plastic waste in the oceans.
The city’s reduction, reuse and recycling programme will be scaled up toencourage the reduction of plastic waste.
City authorities have ordered district authorities to strengthen communicationto raise public awareness and change attitudes towards plastic to reduce wasteand to reuse and recycle.
It should be carried out at crowded public places such as supermarkets, malls,traditional markets, the airport, railway stations, hospitals, schools, stores,tourist sites, hotels, and parks.
Inspections related to plastic waste discharge and environmental protectiontaxes will be tightened.
More than 9,000 tonnes of solid household waste are generated daily in HCMCity, including 1,800 tonnes of plastic, according to the Department of NaturalResources and Environment./.
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Traders at Long Phuoc traditional market in Thu Duc city are gifted reusable bags by members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union during a campaign for the reduction and recycling of plastic waste in May (Photo: VNA) 
