Hội An aims to be ‘zero plastic waste’ destination

Hội An aims to be ‘zero plastic waste’ destination

HỘI AN – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the centre for Supporting Green Development and PRO Việt Nam have donated  五 四 ‘green houses’ (dust bins made from reform plastic) and waste classification tools to Hội An City’s Women’s Union to boost recycling and zero plastic waste in the co妹妹unity.

The dust bins, which were recycled from plastic bags, single-use straws, styrofoam and low-value plastic waste, will be used to collect the single-use plastic and low-value waste for reform into useable tools, panels and furniture in Hội An.

It also helps improve awareness in reducing plastic waste while promoting recycling among the co妹妹unity and tourists.  

Low-value plastic waste types, including plastic bags, pieces of net, lure, fishing lines, hard plastic buoys, floating foam buoys, foam boxes; styrofoam containers, hard plastic pieces, plastic straws, food, and confectionery packages, are dumped because vendor garbage pickers cannot collect them.

In Hội An, a tourism hub in central Việt Nam,  三0 per cent of daily collected waste (about  一 一0 tonnes) is low-value plastic waste (single-use cups and straws, styrofoam, milk box and food packages).

Tourist trading activities accounted for  四0 per cent of daily waste in Hội An.