Ho Chi Minh City strives for 100% of supermarkets to use environmentally friendly plastic bags in 2021. Photo: CAO THANG Many consequences The project “Building a system to observe plastic waste in society and the environment” (COMPOSE) implemented by the French Embassy in Vietnam has shown that, out of 250,000 tons of plastic waste per year in Ho Chi Minh City, there are 48,000 tons. buried, more than 200,000 tons are recycled or discharged directly into the environment. Alarmingly, the Saigon River has the 5th largest amount of plastic waste in Vietnam and 45th in the world. The amount of plastic waste dumped into the Saigon River in March 2018 recorded 5.6 – 10.3 tons. Based on this figure, the amount of plastic waste is estimated at 7,500 – 13,000 tons/year. Every liter of water the Saigon River pours into the sea has 1,000 times more microplastics than the Seine in Paris. According to research by scientists, each broken microplastic will produce a lot of toxic substances harmful to health. At that time, people can suffer from hormone balance, neurological diseases, respiratory diseases… Microplastics less than 5mm long, when not properly collected and handled, will have a negative impact on the environment and the ocean. , underwater creatures. Microplastics are found in most of the products we use every day such as cleansers, shower gels, toothpastes and some cosmetics. Each time we wash 6kg of clothes, we also release 728,000 microplastic fibers into the environment. Researchers from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) also argue that plastic pollution is a transboundary problem, with global impacts. Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, is most vulnerable as the region bears most of the consequences of the overload and inefficiencies of the global recycling system. Plastic pollution causes negative economic impacts on the region’s industries, estimated at $1.3 billion per year. Although most national governments have announced or are in the process of establishing national regulatory measures, these measures are limited in their ability to address the broad cross-border challenge. borders of ocean plastic pollution due to lack of effective coordination among countries. The time has come for countries to consider establishing a legally binding international treaty to combat plastic pollution. The convenience and popularity of plastic products on the market, especially single-use plastic items, make consumers consume and use a large amount of plastic. Therefore, we need to come up with basic solutions to limit such as incentives for new innovative products, promotion of more sustainable or plastic-free alternatives. Create a labeling mechanism to promote better choices from consumers. It is necessary to encourage the participation of businesses in handling plastic packaging. Combine multiple solutions To join hands with the Government to realize the goal of reducing plastic waste, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has issued a plan to strengthen the management, reuse, recycling, treatment and reduction of plastic waste. Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City strives by the end of 2021, 100% of supermarkets and trade centers to use environmentally friendly packaging for living purposes to replace difficult-to-decompose plastic bags; Small traders at the people’s market reduce by 50% using non-biodegradable plastic packaging in product packaging. State management agencies and public non-business units must be exemplary, active, and take the lead in reducing and reusing plastic waste, not using non-degradable plastic packaging and single-use plastic products. times (bottles, jars, straws, foam boxes…) at offices, conferences, seminars. In particular, limit the use of single-use banners, slogans, etc., and switch to using electronic devices for propaganda purposes. To achieve these goals, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoa Binh directed relevant departments and units to jointly develop action plans for implementation. In particular, focus on waste control at source. Minimize and move towards not using non-biodegradable plastic packaging and single-use plastic products in all daily activities of state agencies, factories, schools and people’s daily activities. . Mobilize restaurants, hotels, tourist resorts, tourism and catering establishments, etc. to have plans to reduce plastic waste and gradually switch to using recycled and environmentally friendly products. Plastic waste generated from tourism, marine services, maritime economy, marine mineral resources, aquaculture and fishing must be collected, stored and transferred to functional units. handling. In parallel with the source control solution, HCMC also encourages the reuse and recycling of plastic waste through the development and deployment of the 3T model (Reduce – Reuse – Recycle). , encourage and create favorable conditions for organizations with functions and conditions to perform the service of collecting, reusing and recycling plastic loads in the city. Ho Chi Minh City will also strengthen the inspection of environmental violations such as indiscriminate dumping of waste and plastic waste in public places. Inspect and handle violations of environmental protection tax, value-added tax, corporate income tax, etc. in import, production and distribution activities, and trading in non-degradable plastic packaging and plastic products. disposable; encourage recycled products, environmentally friendly products.

In the past, most of the waste from livestock and household waste was dumped by villagers in village 4, Hai Dong commune (Mong Cai city), into the village’s garbage dump, causing significant pollution to the environment. living. However, in recent years, people here have gradually formed a new habit. Garbage instead of being carelessly dumped into the environment now has new destinations, which are brick-built garbage pits with lids or plastic drums, holes dug in the garden lined and covered with tarpaulin, built in many areas. household. Ms. Dinh Thi Ngan, hamlet 4, Hai Dong commune, said: Composting from buffalo manure, vegetable roots with rice husks has created fertilizer. With this fertilizer, we can use it back to fertilize plants, which has a much better effect on plants than ordinary inorganic fertilizers. Model of composting waste into organic fertilizer in Ninh Duong ward, Mong Cai city Composting organic waste has become a new habit of the people here. Thanks to that, the roads become clean, no more offensive images, and no longer see the unclean smell from livestock waste or waste that previously caused pollution. As a result, the village also became more civilized. Ms. Nguyen Thi Dong, Chairwoman of the Women’s Union of Hai Dong Commune, said: Before, every day the whole village had to collect up to 3 full garbage trucks, now it is still 3 trucks but the amount of garbage has decreased a lot. Collectors can also reduce the arduous effort of collecting, sorting and treating garbage at the same time. Not only solving the problem of organic waste, to be able to compost it into manure, each family must do a good job of sorting waste at the source. This is also one of the solutions contributing to solving economic problems for farmers. “At first, we were afraid to do it, but gradually we can make compost from our own household waste, we can also save a lot of money on buying fertilizer for plants, so everyone is proud. inspirational, positive” – ​​Ms. Pham Thi Moc, village 9, Hai Dong commune, shared. This can be considered as an effective model in waste treatment in rural areas or suburbs of large cities, where people still cultivate and raise livestock. Therefore, in Mong Cai city, this model has been replicated to most communes and wards, even in Vinh Trung and Vinh Thuc island communes and is being deployed to border communes and ethnic minority areas. The army coordinated with the people of Vo Ngai commune, Binh Lieu district to clean up and protect the environment. Recently, in the province, there have appeared many models of reducing waste by women’s members and the Youth Union, typically the model of household waste sorting and turning waste into money. the model “Let the fish ask for plastic waste” implemented by the Youth Union of the provincial agencies in collaboration with the Youth Union of Cai Chien commune (Hai Ha), the model of a domestic waste incinerator… Many models have received positive feedback from residents and visitors; positively affect the awareness and social responsibility of people participating in environmental protection activities. Volunteers of Quan Lan commune (Van Don district) carried out the campaign “Let’s clean up the sea”, December 2019. Photo: Hoang Giang Strengthen handling of violations However, it should also be seen that, in environmental protection work in the province, there are still limitations, due to the lack of awareness and respect for the law of some units, organizations and individuals. Over the past time, the provincial functional forces have promptly detected, arrested and handled violations of the law on environmental protection, enhancing the efficiency of environmental management in the province. According to Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duy Dung, Head of the Environmental Crime Prevention and Control Division (Provincial Police), there is still a situation in the province where a number of units and enterprises are engaged in industrial production, service case of violations of regulations on hazardous waste management; dumping waste not according to planning; transportation of materials without implementing environmental protection measures. In addition, there is illegal exploitation and recovery of land and sand, exploitation outside the licensed boundary; trading and transporting smuggled food that does not meet standards, especially during holidays and Tet. A seafood company in Ba Che was discovered and fined by the police force for discharging untreated wastewater into the environment. Photo taken in 2020. Most recently, on May 13, a unit specializing in large-scale ceramic production in the province was caught by the Environmental Crime Prevention Police Department (Provincial Police) red-handed discharging waste causing environmental pollution. school. According to residents, for many years, the unit has regularly discharged waste into the common drainage system of residential areas. During production activities, the police force discovered that this company discharged wastewater in excess of the national technical regulations on industrial wastewater into the environment and did not collect hazardous waste in accordance with the law. the law. Immediately after that, the Environmental Crime Prevention and Control Department advised the Provincial Police to issue a decision to impose a fine of VND 80 million and require the company to take measures to overcome the consequences of environmental pollution. Previously, in April, the Environmental Crime Prevention Police Department also issued a decision to impose an administrative fine of VND 100 million on a construction company for discharging waste in an area not approved by the competent authority. browsing, polluting the environment. Practice scenarios to respond to oil spills in Ha Long Bay, October 2020. In addition to sanctioning violating units, Quang Ninh Provincial Police also requires businesses to overcome environmental pollution incidents. Statistics of the Provincial Police show that, from 2015 to now, the Provincial Police directly detected 1,678 cases against 130 organizations and 1,578 individuals; prosecuted and investigated 23 cases against 1 organization and 48 individuals for violating environmental laws; with a total fine of over 10 billion VND. Besides, the Inspector of Department of Natural Resources and Environment has also fined 109 organizations and individuals with a total amount of over 8.6 billion VND. It is the more drastic handling of environmental violations by the competent forces that has actively contributed to reducing and curbing environmental pollution, creating deterrence and raising awareness about environmental protection of the local authorities. units, enterprises, organizations and classes of people. Efforts are rewarded As a province with many risk factors for environmental pollution, in fact, it has suffered from environmental pollution in the previous period, but so far, with the drastic and right direction, Quang Ninh has achieved many achievements. positive effects from environmental protection. TKV focuses on investing, increasing the capacity of mine wastewater treatment stations, ensuring the standards of wastewater discharged into the environment. Resolution No. 12-NQ/TU, dated March 12, 2018 of the Provincial Party Executive Committee on environmental protection in the period 2018-2022 is considered as one of the guidelines for reflection in the implementation process. . In the 2016-2020 period, Quang Ninh province will continue to increase the concentration of resources for environmental protection. The state budget is arranged to increase annually, not less than 3% of the total state budget expenditure for environmental non-business activities, higher than the level prescribed by the Central Government of not less than 1% of the total expenditure of the local budget. Up to now, the targets on environmental protection under the Resolution have been achieved and exceeded by the province, creating a driving force for the province’s socio-economic development. Most notably, in 2019 and the past 2020, the Environmental Governance Index of Quang Ninh Province (including 3 component indexes: Seriousness in environmental protection, Air quality and Water quality) stands. 2/63 provinces and cities and is one of 8 indicators contributing to the ranking of the Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index – PAPI of Quang Ninh province ranks 3rd in 2019 and 1st in 2020 on 63 provinces and cities in the country. Classification of hazardous waste and common waste at New Century Chemical Fiber Company, Cai Lan Industrial Park (Ha Long City). With many ways, innovative models to mobilize the participation of the people and the drastic protection of the environment, currently the proportion of urban solid waste in Quang Ninh that has been collected and treated hygienically is 950.5 tons/day, reaching 96.2%. The amount of solid waste in rural areas reached 70.7%, with the main treatment methods being hygienic burial and burning. The whole province currently has 6 concentrated solid waste treatment plants/zones with incineration technology (20 incinerators) and 5 localities are treating domestic waste by burial method. Industrial solid waste in the province is gradually decreasing in recent years with the trend of reuse and waste reduction. Currently, 91% of the total amount of hazardous waste generated has been treated by waste generators under contracts with units licensed by competent authorities; the remaining 9% of hazardous waste generated by new generation with a small volume is stored at the hazardous waste warehouse of that unit. The province has proposed many specific solutions and ways to reduce environmental pollution and drastically implemented it. Notably, the Nam Cau Trang Coal Selection Plant has stopped working since January 1, 2019, has completed the relocation of production and business facilities, manual lime kilns that cause environmental pollution or are unsuitable for use. in accordance with the planning (89/89 manual lime kilns, 77/77 manual brick kilns causing environmental pollution in the province); the percentage of concentrated industrial parks with standard wastewater treatment systems reaches 100%; the rate of hazardous waste and medical waste collected and treated reaches 100%. Moved 89/89 manual lime kilns in the province. Photo: Nguyen Thanh In addition, 100% of production, business and service establishments with wastewater discharge scale of 1,000m3/day or more, industrial parks in operation have installed automatic wastewater monitoring systems. and transmit data to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment… In order to realize the roadmap and goal of turning Quang Ninh into a “sustainably developed urban under the green growth model, adapting to climate change” requires the province to have a lot of work to do in the coming time. Quang Ninh province has and will continue to consistently implement the roadmap to transform the growth model from “brown” to “green” in a methodical manner, resolutely not trading the environment for economic growth. The province also needs to continue to strictly manage the environment and biodiversity; strictly handle organizations, businesses and people that violate the law on environmental protection. At the same time, focus on applying science and technology to treat wastewater and waste; environmental monitoring and environmental pollution control. Besides, the environmental restoration of polluted and degraded areas; Maintaining and improving the quality of the environment also needs attention. Most importantly, it is raising the awareness of complying with the provisions of the law on environmental protection and arousing the role of responsibility, the joint hand of the community to actively protect the environment to contribute to the improvement of environmental protection. capacity to adapt to climate change, for a green and safe future.

The project “Urban embellishment” of the People’s Committee of Truc Bach ward has been “socialized”, attracting a large number of people to contribute and jointly implement. Facing this situation, the People’s Committee of Truc Bach ward has planned to implement a project to improve the environment of this lakeside road (section from Ngu Xa 1 bridge to Ngu Xa 2 bridge). The project implementation route has a length of 200m, one side is Truc Bach flower garden, the other side is a row of houses of 28 households. With the motto “Building to fight”, in the spirit of “The State and the people work together”, most of the funding for the project has been “socialized”, attracting a large number of people to participate in the project. contribute and join hands to implement. Hoang Duc Long (80 years old, living in Ngu Xa Street, Truc Bach Ward) said, after 24 years living here, for the first time his family and households here feel get fresh air; No more garbage piled up, no more fish dying in the water. Mr. Long’s house and other households are put on a new “clothing”, the yard in front of the house is planted with trees and carefully installed with a fence system. 28 houses of households along Truc Bach ditch are put on “new clothes” from the project. Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Trang added that the most impressive thing is in the evening, when the sunset gradually fades, it is also when 200 lanterns light up. From the lakeside route to the flower garden campus, it becomes shimmering and fanciful by the color of lanterns. Mixed with the lantern light are frescoes reproducing the old town space, ancient beauty and culture of the old Hanoians. Nguyen Dan Huy, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Truc Bach Ward, affirmed that, in the context of the complicated development of the COVID-19 epidemic, as soon as the project was completed, many residents and tourists also came to “check-in”. but local officials have propagated and reminded people not to gather in large numbers. When the city controls the epidemic better, this place will become one of Hanoi’s tourist attractions. Although the scale of the project is still small, this is a very important premise so that many models can be replicated in the ward in the near future. Earlier on the evening of June 8, the People’s Committee of Truc Bach ward also held a ceremony to attach the sign “Urban embellishment work” for this project. Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, the ceremony’s activities took place quickly, avoiding large gatherings, and strictly following epidemic prevention rules. Video and photo series of News reporters recording the success of the project “Urban embellishment” of Truc Bach ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi: 200 brilliant lanterns beside Truc Bach canal. Image of large format propaganda poster “Protecting the environment and repelling plastic waste”. The flower garden is also attached with lanterns on the trunk to create a clean and beautiful environment. Many large frescoes are decorated along the wall of the route along Truc Bach lake. Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, this area is currently limited to gathering people. In the future, this place will be a tourist attraction. Mixed with the lantern light are frescoes reproducing the old town space, ancient beauty and culture of the old Hanoians. At the end of March 2021, the project “Urban embellishment” of Truc Bach ward was implemented. This project is “socialized”, attracting a large number of people to participate in funding support and jointly implement it. Previously, this place was flooded with garbage, but now the living environment has improved. People have more entertainment spots, and the quality of life is improved. Many large-format billboards propagate people to protect the environment. On June 8, the People’s Committee of Truc Bach ward held a ceremony to sign the project “Urban embellishment”.

Workers collect garbage in the quarantine area. Photo: CTC Worried waste collection workers Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic, garbage collectors are very concerned because the waste source has the potential to contain pathogens, especially in isolation and blockade areas. However, due to the nature of their work, environmental sanitation workers still have to perform this task. According to Mr. Tran Van Toan (environmental sanitation worker of Ho Chi Minh City Urban Environment Company Limited): “The COVID-19 epidemic broke out, we felt very worried, the nature of our work had to continue. come in contact with a lot of waste and can’t tell which ones contain pathogens. However, we are fully equipped with protective equipment and strictly adhere to epidemic prevention and control, so we are somewhat reassured.” Agreeing, Ms. PTT (a garbage collector in Tan Phu district) shared: “With the current epidemic situation, many people don’t even dare to go out, let alone access the isolation and collection areas. garbage, because it’s really hard to know where there are infected people. However, sanitation workers like us, if they don’t do it, they won’t have a source of income to take care of their families. We hope that we will be given priority to vaccinate against COVID-19 to help alleviate some worries.” There is a risk of disease transmission from medical waste Ho Chi Minh City Urban Environment Company Limited (CITENCO) is the unit that collects and transports medical waste and waste at hospitals, isolation areas for treatment of COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City. and isolation areas, blockade areas established under the decision of the People’s Committees of districts in the city. According to experts, in isolated and isolated areas, the waste that is often at risk of infection is hazardous medical waste. For workers who collect, transport and process this type of waste, there is also a high risk of infection. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung, Chairman of the Vietnam Built Environment Association, commented: The collection, transportation and treatment of waste in isolation areas, field hospitals and COVID-19 patients’ blockade It is necessary to strictly follow the instructions and regulations on environmental safety and hygiene. Sanitation workers who collect and transport this type of waste, if not properly protected, are likely to be infected with disease. “The waste in the isolation area, this field hospital is mixed with household waste and medical waste, including hazardous waste such as bandages, medicine, patient waste… Especially, viruses. can be transmitted in the air and remain on the surface of the object for a certain time,” Dung said. Also according to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung, environmental sanitation workers who collect, transport and process various types of waste are very susceptible to exposure. Therefore, they need to be equipped with safe and appropriate working tools, and should enjoy appropriate protection and remuneration. “In my opinion, first of all, they should be given priority to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to prevent disease,” said Dr. Proposal to prioritize vaccination for garbage collectors According to a representative of CITENCO, currently all medical waste in hospitals, centers and polyclinics is collected and treated by the company according to the strict process of hazardous waste. During the outbreak of COVID-19, the company was directed by the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to be in charge of collecting domestic waste in the isolation area for patients infected with COVID-19. To ensure the safety of workers during the process of collecting, transporting and treating wastes that may contain COVID-19, CITENCO proposes to the City People’s Committee and the Department of Health to give priority to public officials and employees. The company is participating in the collection and transportation of waste vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. “The recommended vaccination cases include the staff directly managing and directing the company’s epidemic prevention and control; workers and drivers who directly collect, transport and treat wastes that may contain COVID-19, medical waste, domestic waste, and cremation; workers often come into contact with people,” said the representative. In Hanoi, Mr. Nguyen Huu Tien, General Director of Hanoi Urban Environment One Member Limited Liability Company (URENCO), also said: The company has sent a written request to the Hanoi People’s Committee, the Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. The Hanoi Department of Health considers and creates favorable conditions for the company’s officers and employees to be given priority to vaccinate against COVID-19. Hazardous waste is strictly handled According to CITENCO, the collection, transportation and treatment of medical waste are carried out by the company according to a very strict process, ensuring the safety of workers and preventing the spread of disease to the outside. The workers are equipped with protective gear that meets the standards of the medical industry. Accordingly, the waste is sealed in a special yellow container or bag, labeled with a warning of the risk of infection. Garbage before being collected to put on specialized transport vehicles (closed containers) is sprayed with disinfectant. Waste when transported to Dong Thanh waste treatment site (Hoc Mon district) continues to spray disinfectant again before being processed by high-temperature combustion technology. After burning, waste must be solidified and buried in a safe landfill dedicated to hazardous waste.

The cooperation between Coca-Cola and The Ocean Cleanup will accelerate the implementation of the Interceptor system to clean 15 rivers globally. Accordingly, the two sides will coordinate to deploy a system to collect plastic waste and clean up 15 rivers around the world within the next 18 months, including the introduction and application of a semi-automatic river sanitation solution using The Ocean Cleanup’s Solar Interceptor. The two sides also called for the attention and action of industries and individuals around the world to solve the problem of plastic waste, prevent plastic waste from entering the ocean, thereby protecting the ecosystem. species and water resources. Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, said: “The Ocean Cleanup’s mission is to remove plastic waste from the oceans. With 1,000 rivers carrying nearly 80% of plastic waste directly into the sea, this problem is becoming more and more serious. This is also the reason why we are always looking for solutions to speed up the implementation of the program. Among the waste we collect are many plastic bottles, including Coca-Cola products, so we appreciate that Coca-Cola is the first company to accompany The Ocean Cleanup. This is also an action program in Coca-Cola’s grand strategy to create a positive impact, contributing to solving the global plastic pollution problem.” James Quincey, President and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company said: “As a global company, we work hard to ensure that all the materials we use for packaging are collected and recycled, and will not become waste. We support The Ocean Cleanup and its technological solutions to protect the ocean ecosystem and also contribute to the conservation of our water resources.”

Leveraging Coca-Cola’s global scale and network and The Ocean Cleanup’s technology and data solutions, this partnership will accelerate the implementation of a plastic waste collection and cleaning system. 15 rivers around the world over the next 18 months, including the introduction and adoption of The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor solar-powered semi-automated river sanitation solution. The two sides also called for the attention and action of industries and individuals around the world to solve the problem of plastic waste, prevent plastic waste from entering the ocean, thereby protecting the ecosystem. species and water resources. Boyan Slat, Founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup said: “The Ocean Cleanup’s mission is to remove plastic waste from the oceans. With 1,000 rivers carrying nearly 80% of plastic waste directly into the sea, this problem is becoming more and more serious. This is also the reason why we are always looking for solutions to speed up the implementation of the program. Among the waste we collect are many plastic bottles, including Coca-Cola products, so we appreciate that Coca-Cola is the first company in the industry to partner with The Ocean Cleanup. This is also an action program in Coca-Cola’s grand strategy to create a positive impact, contributing to solving global plastic pollution. Our aim is to learn from this partnership and continue to scale rapidly in the near future. I believe this cooperation is good news for our oceans.” The cooperation between Coca-Cola and The Ocean Cleanup will accelerate the implementation of the Interceptor system to clean 15 rivers globally Solution Interceptor The Interceptor system announced in 2019 is the first widely deployed solution to prevent river waste from entering the ocean. Interceptor works 100% on solar energy, automatically filters garbage and can operate in most of the most polluted rivers in the world. Through the partnership between The Ocean Cleanup and Coca-Cola, from now until the end of 2022, the two units will coordinate to deploy the Interceptor solution application program to clean 15 rivers globally. The first two Interceptor systems in the cooperation program were installed by The Ocean Cleanup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Can Tho, Vietnam. In these rivers, The Ocean Cleanup and Coca-Cola will continue to support the development of post-collection solutions. The two units are also planning to expand the project scale on the remaining 13 rivers in the near future. The Ocean Cleanup provides effective solutions with high expertise in the field of plastic waste collection technology, applied from practical experience, scientific understanding of plastic waste pollution, and a database as well. as it handles data from programs that this organization has previously implemented. Coca-Cola will support The Ocean Cleanup through the company’s global network, which currently operates in more than 200 countries and territories. Coca-Cola will directly support the local implementation of the new Interceptor system, as well as post-collection plastic processing with specialized measures to manage plastic waste in a weekly economic model. complete. Ocean Cleanup and Coca-Cola will work together to secure new partners and call for the investments needed to scale the project, namely installing more Interceptor solutions, securing licenses, and deploying new solutions. Developed a River Monitoring System (RMS) for a more detailed analysis of pollution levels in rivers. For a world without waste Mr. James Quincey, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company said: “As a global company, we work hard to ensure that all the materials we use for packaging are collected and recycled, and do not end up as waste. We support The Ocean Cleanup and its technological solutions to protect the ocean ecosystem and also contribute to the conservation of our water resources.” The Coca-Cola Company is implementing comprehensive activities to tackle plastic waste through its Strategy for a Zero Waste World. The strategy sets out three key global goals including: (1) 100% of Coca-Cola’s packaging is recyclable by 2025 – and using at least 50% recycled materials in packaging by 2030; (2) Every can and bottle that Coca-Cola sells is collected and recycled by the company by 2030; and (3) Working together for a clean, waste-free environment. Constantly improving, Coca-Cola is investing in many new technologies, packaging material solutions and packaging reduction initiatives, including ultra-light recycling technology, plant-based packaging and other innovative technologies. solution to support the classification process. Recently, Coca-Cola set a target that by 2025, depending on business growth, the company will reduce the use of virgin plastic from fossil fuels by about 20% compared to today. Getting rid of plastic waste requires effective action and thinking on the part of all parties, including civil society, industry and the public sector. Therefore, The Coca-Cola Company has always supported building and participating in global, future-oriented partnerships for a zero-waste world. The common goal is to encourage more people to recycle and reuse and more organizations to invest in a circular economy where products and materials stay the same at the end of their life cycle. their value and return to the production process, becoming part of a closed chain, so that there is little or no waste released into the environment. Brian Smith, President and COO of The Coca-Cola Company said: “The Ocean Cleanup has a clear vision and effective technology to realize the goal of eliminating plastic waste from the ocean. As for Coca-Cola, we have a local team to support the implementation of the new Interceptor system in rivers around the world, along with the treatment and recycling of waste after collection. . We believe this partnership can make a truly positive impact. It’s great that Coca-Cola employees everywhere in the world can support the project by participating in supporting the implementation of the project locally, or becoming an ambassador to spread the message of the great mission. of this project”.

Sea turtles are wrapped around a plastic net. Blue sea cries for help Sea pollution is happening more and more seriously! That is the affirmation of many domestic and foreign environmental experts and organizations. In Vietnam, for many years now, due to waste from human activities, marine pollution has been clearly noticed. According to estimates by scientists, 80% of the waste entering the sea comes from activities on land. Vietnam has 112 estuaries, which is the source for garbage to drift into the ocean. Many creatures mistake garbage for food or get caught between fishing gear leading to habitat destruction. Data from the United Nations Environment Program announced in 2018, each year Vietnam discharges 0.28 to 0.73 million tons of plastic waste into the ocean (accounting for 6% of the world), ranking fourth in the world. A huge amount of garbage is dumped from the mainland to the sea every day by many different routes. Many coastal estuaries have been polluted by industrial and urban wastewater. In many coastal provinces, the discharge of untreated or untreated wastes has not met the standards, causing great economic losses, life and livelihoods of coastal communities and unpredictable damages. for marine ecosystems. However, this situation is not only happening in Vietnam. On a larger scale, marine environments around the globe are on red alert. The biggest danger comes from the huge amount of plastic waste that is floating day and night on the ocean currents. Although warnings about plastic pollution are continuously raised to a higher level, although countries have been trying to solve the problem from plastic waste and recycling, it is difficult to solve the problem on the basis of an early mooth afternoon. In fact, plastic waste has been slowly accumulating in the marine and ocean environment since the 1960s, to the point where we have huge mountains of plastic floating in the ocean and other plastic waste drifting across the oceans. Beautiful clean beaches in the world. There are an estimated 580,000 different sized pieces of plastic per square kilometer, with more than 8 million tons of plastic waste entering the oceans each year. The amount of plastic from waste can release harmful chemicals that seep into the surrounding soil, which can then seep into groundwater or other surrounding water sources and the world’s ecosystems. This can seriously harm water-drinking species, including marine and terrestrial creatures, including humans. Environmental activists have warned that there could be more plastic waste than fish in the oceans by 2050. Globally, it is estimated that more than 100 million marine animals are killed each year by plastic waste. . Black sewage discharged into a sea. Return the roof to sea creatures According to statistics of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, marine pollution in recent years has caused many marine species to plummet in number, some species have become locally extinct. Up to 236 rare and precious aquatic species are threatened at different levels, of which more than 70 marine species have been listed in the Red Book of Vietnam. The exploited seafood resources are increasingly depleted in both quantity and quality. Fish stocks have declined from 4 million tons in 1990 to 3 million tons today. The average fish size and species diversity also decreased significantly. What is heartbreaking in the consequences of pollution is the disappearance of populations of turtles in the water. Vietnam has five of the seven species of turtles in the world. These are snail, tortoiseshell, hawksbill turtle, leatherback turtle, and pineapple tortoiseshell, all five species are currently included in the Vietnam Red Book. Many species are almost extinct. Previously, sea turtles were distributed mostly in the seas of our country with high density. Looking at the information box about sea turtle species, we can see that all five species of sea turtles in Vietnam are now in a significant decline in numbers. During the period from 2008 to 2013, only one leatherback turtle was recorded on Cat Dai beach in Cam Lam district (Khanh Hoa province) and Hai Lang (Quang Tri province) in 2013. In other localities There have been leatherback turtles to lay eggs like Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen… there is absolutely no trace of leatherback turtles coming ashore to lay eggs. Expanding to Southeast Asia and the world, quite a few marine animals are in danger of extinction. Photographs taken by photographers around the world show the dire plight of many creatures in response to the onslaught of garbage. The fishes are wrapped around the body with nylon rope. Dead fish in a plastic soda bottle. The long-snouted fish was starved to death by a rubber band wrapped around its snout. Sea turtles swallow plastic foam until their intestines are blocked. Many of them died with a large amount of plastic in their stomachs. In June 2018, a whale was found on Songkhla beach, southern Thailand, choking to death with 80 pieces of plastic garbage weighing 8 kg in its stomach. Around the same time, a green turtle was found dead in Chanthaburi, Thailand, with plastic debris from fishing gear, rubber bands and other marine debris in its stomach. In 2016, a Sei whale and a Baleen whale were found on a beach in the southern Malaysian state of Johor. The photos and stories that bring tears to the viewer’s eyes as a shock to human conscience: Live well and let the creatures have “living land”. It is the irresponsibility, lack of consciousness and greed of mankind that have contributed to climate change, global warming, and creatures being hunted and destroyed. The ocean here and there changes color, only a dull brown color thanks to the secretion of plastic waste, sewage… And where is it only marine life that is destroyed by humans? Sea life is gradually worn down by the pollution of the ocean, causing people’s lives to be turned upside down, poisoned, and reduced quality of life. Back to the story in Vietnam, in order to conserve endemic, precious and rare aquatic species, the State has issued many policies to protect aquatic resources as well as conservation and regeneration of aquatic species. , valuable assets such as: Law on Fisheries 2017; Decision No. 742 in 2010 on planning and setting up 16 marine protected areas; Decision 1479 in 2008 on planning and setting up 45 inland aquatic conservation zones; Decree No. 33/2010 on management of fishing activities; Circular 19/2018 guiding the protection and development of aquatic resources… The most recent is Decree No. 26/2019/ND-CP detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Fisheries Law 2017, including content on management of endangered and rare aquatic species… People’s habits, from daily living habits to making a living, fishing with fishery exist a lot of ugly behaviors, thinking only of their own benefits but casually destroying the surrounding environment. However, in parallel with the regulations applied in life, there is also a need for a “big surgery” in people’s awareness. It is a change of perception by practical, thorough and effective propaganda. That is the practical action of young people when carrying out environmental protection projects, from picking up beach trash, exchanging trash for trees, beach trash projects… Every small change turns into a big change. If each person is subject to positive change, the environment and life will be more positive and greener. We have a big roof to live in, so do creatures. Change and action is to protect the roof for people, aquatic creatures and onshore.

Therefore, in order to control plastic waste, Ho Chi Minh City has launched a plan to strengthen the management, reuse, recycling, treatment and reduction of plastic waste in HCMC. Prioritize recycling of plastic waste One of the solutions to reduce plastic waste is to organize the classification, collection, reuse, recycling and treatment of plastic waste. Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City will promote the classification of domestic solid waste at source in accordance with the direction and direction of the City People’s Committee. It also encourages the separation of waste at source for plastic waste separately from other types of waste. Thereby, helping to make reuse and recycling activities more profitable and economic. HCMC will promote the separation of domestic solid waste at source. Photo: CN In addition, Ho Chi Minh City encourages the classification of plastic waste mixed in domestic solid waste at transfer stations, or domestic solid waste treatment plants and prioritizes transferring plastic waste to recycling units. use, recycle function. In case plastic waste is no longer able to be reused or recycled, other appropriate and effective treatment solutions should be implemented. Ho Chi Minh City will also organize the implementation of technical solutions or movements and campaigns to collect solid waste, plastic waste in public places, vacant land, rivers, canals, canals… in the area. . In addition, mechanisms and policies will be developed to encourage, give incentives and support to organizations and individuals that collect, reuse and recycle plastic waste and for production facilities. recycled, environmentally friendly products to replace difficult-to-biodegrade plastic packaging and disposable plastic products, etc. Minimize the use of non-biodegradable packaging The habit of using single-use plastic and nylon bags may bring convenience to people, but it is a big polluter for the environment. Therefore, one of the plans of Ho Chi Minh City is to minimize and proceed to not use non-biodegradable plastic packaging, single-use plastic products in all daily activities of administrative agencies. the state, non-business units, unions, schools, medical facilities, people… in the city. In addition, the city will review and assess the current status of plastic waste generated in the area, thereby proposing appropriate and effective solutions in managing and minimizing plastic waste in the area. The city will also continue to mobilize and urge the system of supermarkets, trade centers, convenience stores, people’s markets … in the area to strive to fulfill the targets set by the city. Specifically, the system of supermarkets, commercial centers, markets, convenience stores, bookstores, etc. have forms of encouraging consumers to bring bags when shopping, limiting or not giving free plastic bags. for consumers. Towards charging for bags and packaging of goods for consumers who need to use them when they do not bring bags when shopping… Convenience stores, food stores… have a discount policy, accumulate points for customers who bring products to store, store goods, food, drinks… Strengthening handling of the act of dumping plastic waste in public places Ho Chi Minh City will inspect and handle violations of environmental hygiene, indiscriminately disposing of waste and plastic waste in public places in the area according to regulations. At the same time, inspect and handle violations of environmental protection lease, value-added tax, corporate income tax… in the activities of importing, manufacturing, distributing, and trading in packaging. non-biodegradable plastic and disposable plastic products, recycled products, environmentally friendly and activities to reuse and recycle plastic waste in the city.

The key to the success of seaweed farming is its growing commercial potential. Illustration: sciencefriday. A new study argues that growing a sufficient number of green seaweeds can help reduce pollution, absorbing most of the harmful waste. The study’s co-author, Phoebe Racine, said the thesis was just an early idea and implementation would take time, but given the lack of progress in other aspects, “there was no other option.” in addition to considering alternative methods”. Racine, a researcher at the University of California at Santa Barbara, says growing a variety of seaweed species in less than 1 percent of the Gulf of Mexico’s waters could help the United States meet pollution reduction goals that are already out of reach. . She and her colleagues mapped the suitable area for seaweed cultivation in the Gulf, and the suitable area could be more than 38,500 square kilometers. The Gulf of Mexico is being choked with agricultural and municipal waste. In May 2019, the Mississippi River discharged an average of more than 5,000 tons of nitrates and 800 tons of phosphorus into the Gulf of Mexico, the highest levels in 40 years. These excess nutrients from farm fertilizers and animal waste in the Midwest robs the oceans of oxygen off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, fueling toxic algae blooms that have led to the so-called “dead zone”. Eutrophication (also known as eutrophication) is when there are too many nutrients in the pond/lake such as nitrate, phosphorus, which exceed the self-regulating capacity of the pond/lake, causing dense growth of plant and animal death due to lack of oxygen. To environmental experts, this problem seems intractable. Called eutrophication, dead zones are proliferating all over the world. There are more than 700 coastal areas worldwide that are “dead zones” or negatively impacted by currents. While the United States bears the bulk of agricultural waste, municipal wastewater is the main culprit in South America, Asia, and Africa. Annually, they cause economic losses of $3.4 billion in Europe and the United States alone by affecting tourism and fishing resources; while reducing property values, water treatment and adverse health effects. Over the past 10 years, 85 communities in the United States have spent a total of more than $1 billion to prevent or treat toxic algal blooms. Among the hardest hit areas is at the mouth of the Mississippi River, where the continued discharge of domestic waste from the heart of the United States has destroyed the local seafood and tourism industries. The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico, carrying fertilizer and livestock waste from Midwestern farms. Photo: Bloomberg. Growing seaweed is considered as one of the green solutions to solve this problem. Seaweed farming dates back to 1,700 years ago in China. Today, countries like Indonesia and the Philippines, along with China and South Korea, lead the world in this area. In South Korea, where aquaculture has grown by 300% in the past 30 years, an intensive effort has proven its usefulness as a waste reduction tool. According to one study, farms that grow three major seaweed species and two shellfish species (all filter feeds without additional feed) accounted for 5.7% of carbon dioxide and 8.6% of carbon dioxide emissions. nitrogen emissions from all wastewater treatment plants in Korea. The key to the success of seaweed farming is its growing commercial potential. These aquatic plants can absorb excess nitrogen and phosphorus, turning it not only into food for humans, but also expanding a range of other commercial uses. The most commonly grown seaweeds include red or brown algae or algae. Some are used to make culinary thickeners or jellies for culturing bacteria in the lab. Others are dried into sheets for sushi rolls. While sugar kelp can be used as a sweetener, kelp is also used in toothpaste, shampoo, frozen foods, and even pharmaceuticals. Making seaweed farms profitable will be an important consideration to promote them as an agricultural and municipal waste treatment solution. Asia currently has a very strong demand for seaweed. Human consumption, which includes everything from sushi rolls to broths to salads, is the largest market for harvested seaweed. But growing demand can also be seen in the cosmetic and fertilizer industries, as well as aquafeeds. However, mass aquaculture faces a number of significant obstacles, particularly its labor-intensive nature. Globally, the demand for seaweed is forecast to double to $30 billion by 2025. However, in the United States, the seaweed market is relatively small. Gretchen Grebe, an aquaculture scientist at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, says seaweed farming in the US is largely “in the R&D phase.” “Using seaweed farming to remediate any large amounts of nutrient pollution would require significant expansion — the current scale of farming wouldn’t even matter,” says Grebe. In the United States, states have different regulations regarding aquaculture licensing. While it’s relatively easy to get a seaweed farm permit in Maine and Alaska, in California it requires meeting a stack of overlapping regulations. Bailey Moritz, Program Manager of the World Wildlife Fund, said: “Offshore activities hold promise. Our goal is to see seaweed growth that will have meaningful impacts [đối với sự suy giảm chất dinh dưỡng], and scale is needed for that.” But large-scale offshore seaweed farming is still at least a decade away from taking place in the US, and only when biofuels, bioplastics and animal feed are generated enough. need. Seaweed holds great promise, Grebe said, but scientists are quick to point out that the main driver is the imperative to reduce watershed waste inputs. “We are asking a lot of seaweed farmers to treat the nutritional waste that we dump into the Gulf,” she concludes.

A South Yorkshire auction house recently put up for sale a three-bedroom house inundated by a sea of ​​trash after it had been abandoned for five years in the Sheffield suburb of Hillsborough for £110,000 (equivalent to 3.6 billion). copper). According to the auctioneer, the house was fully furnished, but the furniture soon rotted and was no longer usable. Therefore, if you want to turn it into your home, the buyer will have to manually clean up the mountains of garbage in the house. The house has 3 floors including cellar, kitchen and living room on the ground floor, three bedrooms and a family bathroom on the upper floor. However, everything is now extremely messy and dirty, even the kitchen has rusted and yellowed. The wallpaper of the house has been peeled off, revealing old brick walls. The house also had a garden in the backyard but it was overgrown with trees and weeds. According to the introduction, the house is located in a prime location because it is close to bars, restaurants, convenience stores as well as tram and bus stations, so homeowners can easily move to the city center. It’s not a long way to go. After the abandoned house flooded with garbage was for sale on social networks, many people said that they were extremely shocked by the investor’s marketing. “It’s crazy, I will never buy a house like this dump, especially its price is ‘heavenly’, this business idea really shocked me”, “Abandoned house This is no longer usable, it has to be demolished to build a new one, how can the seller post a ruined picture of the house like that, I can’t believe it”, “If you give me the house, I will also ask for permission to return the furniture. interior”, … some sarcastic accounts.

Hearing the name feels dear, the trip “Going home” is the journey where we can directly release wild animals back to the primeval forest in Cuc Phuong National Park (Ninh Binh). When joining tour , visitors will cross the forest road, admire the pristine scenery and visit some points of the national park. One small note is that tour limited to 15 people at a time, so as not to affect the re-release. Photo: Cuc Phuong National Park. The individuals of wild animals that are released back into the forest can include birds, monkeys, reptiles, wildcats, civets… These are animals that have been captured and rescued from many animal trafficking and transportation cases. illegal wildlife. The program does not charge a service fee, we can contribute voluntary funds to support conservation activities of the national park. “We believe that anyone who witnesses the moment when wild animals are returned to nature, will have a good feeling with nature in general and with wildlife in particular, thereby stimulating to raise awareness and responsibility of each person in protecting wildlife” – Nguyen Van Chinh, Director of Cuc Phuong National Park shared. Boating to pick up trash, discovering Hoi An is different Young people always want to live fully every moment in new lands, both experience and leave their mark by participating in activities aimed at protecting the green planet and healthy environment. Accordingly, the Hoi An travel itinerary will be different and memorable when the teen joins tour rowing boats to pick up trash along the Hoai River area, from Cam Thanh commune to the city. Photo: Phuong Dien. Join tour , we will row the boat ourselves kayak and used a racket to pick up trash on a road about 8 km along Hoai River. To join this tour, foreign tourists have to pay a fee of 10 USD (about 230,000 VND), while domestic tourists are being completely free. Mr. Nguyen Van Long, director of a travel agency in Hoi An, took the lead in implementing tour This particular tour said, currently tours are held on weekends. Photo: Phuong Dien. “I want visitors to share with me to protect the environment of Hoi An, but I don’t think I will profit from this tour. The amount of 10 USD/foreign guest I collect, I use to buy sacks, rent a boat to collect garbage to destroy, hire staff to serve tourists…” – Mr. Long shared. Fly to Con Dao to protect sea turtles One of the travel experiences that many tourists love when coming to Con Dao is visiting Bay Canh Island and watching turtles lay eggs. However, not everyone knows, the most common species of sea turtle in Con Dao National Park – the vich – is currently listed in the Vietnam Red Book. Therefore, the Management Board of Con Dao National Park has coordinated with the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN to bring about efforts to protect this sea turtle. Photo: Khanh Tran. Becoming a volunteer of this program, you will be assigned to many small islands to perform tasks such as following the turtle’s footsteps to mark the egg nest or helping the mother turtle stuck in the roots to return to the sea safely. when crossing land, dig sand to collect eggs and bring them back to the hatchery, record the date of laying – the number of eggs… Not only rescue turtles, the volunteers also help the forest rangers welcome and serve tourists, clean up trash, clean the beach, draw pictures, design billboards to propagate environmental protection messages. environment, protecting nature, preserving sea turtles, contributing to embellishing the island’s space more vividly. Photo: IUCN. “On duty” to rescue turtles right on the beach, so the volunteers also have to get used to the limited use of electricity and water, the phone often loses signal. But what are those obstacles compared to these wonderful experiences, the pride that money can’t buy, right?

The report calls for the development of legal requirements for the recycling and reuse of critical raw materials. (Source: voanews.com) A report by European Union The (EU)-backed study says the recovery of rare materials from e-waste is a security requirement for Europe and should be legislated. According to the EU-funded CEWASTE report, critical raw materials – including gold, silver and cobalt in many electronics – can be recycled and reused. This will protect raw material supply for consumer electronics, even Europe’s defense industry. Even these rare materials are essential for wind turbines and electric cars. They therefore play an important role in helping countries meet climate protection goals and ensure competitiveness in manufacturing. However, the report notes that while supplies of these essential materials are vulnerable to geopolitical fluctuations, Europe is still too dependent on foreign supplies with recycling rates “close to equals 0.” According to the report, the low and volatile prices of many of these raw materials make recycling them often seen as too costly for businesses. The report calls for the development of regulatory requirements for the recycling and reuse of critical raw materials, financial incentives to support the industry, and increased control over the amount of e-waste that is exported. leave the EU. The report highlights some types of e-waste that have large enough raw materials to be recovered. These include printed circuit board materials from discarded electrical equipment; batteries from e-waste and scrap cars; iron boron neodymium magnets from hard drives and motors of electric bicycles, scooters and scrap cars; and fluorescent powder from cathode ray tubes and lamps in television sets and displays. CEWASTE says these materials are often present in very small quantities in individual categories, so they are often overlooked. For example, the report estimates that by 2025, the waste of fluorescent lamps in Europe will contain 92 tons of critical raw materials, while printed circuit boards in electronic waste of this area can hold up to 41 tons of silver and 10 tons of gold. The report states that the amount of the above material will be equivalent to that used to produce new items. A United Nations (UN) report shows that the world generated more than 50 million tons of e-waste in 2019. Much of this ended up in landfills and scrap yards. With an estimated 17% of electronic products being recycled, the UN says more than $55 billion worth of materials are wasted each year as the world has to extract more materials to make products. new./.

Workers work at an e-waste collection center in Ploufragan, western France. Photo: AFP/VNA According to the European Union (EU) funded CEWASTE e-waste report, circuit boards, magnets in drives and electric vehicles, batteries and fluorescent lamps are among the items containing important raw materials. , including gold, silver and cobalt, can be recycled and reused. However, these rare materials often make up a very small percentage of each item thrown away, making them often overlooked. For example, the report estimates that by 2025, discarded fluorescent lamps in Europe will contain 92 tonnes of vital raw materials. Printed circuit boards in the region’s e-waste could contain up to 41 tons of silver and 10 tons of gold by 2025. Meanwhile, Europe’s supply chains have become “too vulnerable”, especially is the defense industry, as noted by Mr. Pascal Leroy – one of the authors of the report. The production of items in Europe, from computer systems to drones, is largely dependent on external supplies. As a result, the report highlights that recycling e-waste will help protect vital supplies for consumer electronics and even the European defense industry. In addition, with the materials needed to make wind turbines and electric cars, items that are discarded if recycled also play an important role in meeting climate change and environmental goals. improve the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. The report also highlights some types of e-waste that are said to have sufficient raw materials to be recycled and recovered. These include printed circuit board materials obtained from discarded electronic equipment; batteries from e-waste and scrap cars; neodymium iron boron magnets from the hard drives and motors of electric bicycles and scooters, and fluorescent powder from lamps and cathode ray tubes found in televisions and television screens. The researchers found that many raw materials have low value and are volatile, meaning that recycling them is considered too expensive for businesses. The report therefore calls for legislation on the recycling and reuse of critical raw materials, financing to support the recycling industry, and better control of shipments of waste. e-waste is transported out of the EU. According to the “Global Electronic Waste Monitoring 2020” report published by the United Nations (UN) in July last year, in 2019, there were a total of 53.6 million tons of e-waste worldwide. , up 21% from 5 years ago. In which, Asia is the largest producer with about 24.9 million tons, followed by the Americas 13.1 million tons and Europe 12 million tons. Meanwhile, the amount of e-waste in Africa and Oceania is 2.9 and 0.7 million tons, respectively. Of the more than 53 million tons of e-waste generated, only 17% of the waste is recycled, with the rest going to landfills, incineration or simply not being treated. This means that an amount of rare materials such as gold, silver … worth up to 55 billion USD “presents” in e-waste that has been thrown away or burned instead of being collected for treatment. and reuse. Meanwhile, the exploitation of raw materials has been promoted in many countries to create new products, causing environmental concerns.

Every ingredient from the cocoa fruit is turned into a processing ingredient. Photo: B.Nguyen In Dong Nai, many production models applying biotechnology to recycle waste into input materials for other production processes, minimizing the amount of waste discharged into the environment are gradually being replicated. * Green production At the forefront of the movement to turn harmful wastes in agricultural production into raw materials for processing into other high-value economic products are enterprises with large investment capital. Viet Farm Trading Co., Ltd chose to invest in Xuan Truong commune, Xuan Loc district because this is a thriving locality in livestock. Starting a business, the business mainly manufactures livestock equipment and designs and constructs livestock barn systems. The barn system designed by the company is fully automatic from the feeding system to collecting chicken manure, cooling system… In which, the enterprise is very interested in waste treatment so that it can earn money. money instead of having to spend a lot of money to treat this waste source. Mr. Tran Quang Tinh, Director of Viet Farm Trading Co., Ltd shared: “The enterprise has invested in an organic fertilizer factory with a capacity of 200 tons/day and signed contracts for waste treatment for a number of corporations. large foreign-invested livestock groups in Dong Nai. In particular, livestock waste is used as a raw material for the production of organic fertilizers, bringing high economic value. Production of organic fertilizers from livestock waste of Viet Farm Trading Company Limited (Xuan Loc District) The story of sustainable agricultural production in a closed chain that takes advantage of all agricultural wastes and by-products, without creating environmental pollution is being replicated in farmers’ production. In the past time, H. Vinh Cuu is promoting a program to mobilize and support farmers to apply probiotics as pesticides, organic fertilizers from domestic waste and waste in agricultural production with the goal of achieving the goal. reduce production costs, increase added value for key agricultural products, local strengths. Here, agricultural waste becomes a resource, a natural organic substance that can help plants grow. Ms. Bui Thi Thuy, a farmer in Vinh An Town (Vinh Cuu District), said that after participating in a number of local training courses on organic farming, she applied biotechnology. Make your own organic fertilizers and use probiotics to create biological products that kill insects. She has improved the productive land more and more fertile thanks to this method. “The natural production method I am doing makes full use of all agricultural waste such as manure and organic waste to make fertilizer for plants, so the cost is very low. I am trying to perfect the chain of cultivation and processing according to a closed process, using fruit trees grown in my home garden as raw materials to make handmade products that are both unique and environmentally friendly,” said Ms. Thuy. * Zero-waste processing Trong Duc Cocoa Co., Ltd (Dinh Quan) has cooperated with a group of Assoc., PhD students of the International University of Ho Chi Minh City to carry out research projects on processing foods and drinks of economic value. benefits from cocoa fruit waste products. New product lines under investment include: production of cookies and non-fried instant noodles supplemented with cocoa pod powder; production process of vegetarian sausage and pectin from cocoa powder; the production process of nutritious drink from cocoa fruit flesh… The highlight of these products is the use of raw materials such as waste from the skin, cocoa fruit flesh to process valuable foods. nutritional and economic. The above cooperation program is part of the common goal of the enterprise, which is to focus on investing in deep processing, constantly diversifying products and foods processed from cocoa fruit, especially from cocoa fruit waste to create profits. competitive advantage for products not only in the domestic market but also in export. Mr. Dang Truong Khanh, Director of Trong Duc Cocoa Co., Ltd. shared that the enterprise would like scientists to accompany in researching new products from cocoa fruit. In particular, high-value foods are processed from materials that are waste products in the production process, contributing to adding added value to cocoa trees. The most unique product line to mention is the specialty of cocoa wine that is brewed from the flesh of the previous cocoa fruit, which is discarded during the production process. With the same opinion, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Hung, representing a group of scientists from the International University of Ho Chi Minh City, said, diversifying many products from cocoa skin and flesh, which are waste products in the process. production process brings higher economic value. In particular, this is a product line that is beneficial to human health because it has higher antioxidants, meeting the demand for healthy food of today’s consumers. Research on these products is now almost completed and can be put into production immediately. However, the research team will continue to recalculate the production process and equipment. Hopefully, the cooperation of scientists and businesses will connect and bring more processed products to the market.

Design of a waste treatment line for the Vietnamese market with 3D technology at the Belgian company Menart. His work is part of the waste treatment project to make compost at the Residential and Industrial Solid Waste Treatment Area in Vinh Tan Commune, Vinh Cuu District, Dong Nai Province, which is carried out by Belgian company Menart and Co. Sonadezi Environment Joint Stock Company in Dong Nai province. Sharing with Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Belgium, Mr. Anthony said the design must be based on actual research and survey. He went to Vietnam and went to Dong Nai to review the field conditions at the place where the waste treatment plant will be built and then returned to Belgium, designed with 3D technology, the line will be installed to suit the conditions. Vietnam’s tropical climate. Some details are produced on-site by Menart company, others are sent to Vietnam for partners to do. The equipment will then be transported from Belgium to be assembled at a waste treatment plant for operation. Meanwhile, at the factory, Menart’s engineers are installing and testing waste sorting and composting equipment. This is the second production line that Menart is about to hand over to Sonadezi for deployment in Vietnam. In the equipment factory of the domestic waste treatment line of Menart Company, Belgium. Mr. Mot, an experienced technician, said that last year, he was sent by the company to Vietnam and to Dong Nai to prepare for the trial operation of the waste treatment plant. He stayed in Dong Nai for 6 months, with Vietnamese colleagues installing lines and training operators to prepare for the trial run of the plant in November 2020. Menart is a private company established in 1961 specializing in the design, construction and installation of equipment for organic fertilizer production and environmental protection waste treatment. With a team of highly qualified engineers and technicians, Menart provides equipment and solutions for many fields, especially environmental protection and clean agricultural production. Currently, Menart’s network of activities covers 60 countries on 4 continents including Asia, Europe, Africa and America. According to Ms. Bérengère Menart, General Director of Menart, the company has been working with Vietnam since the late 90s of the last century in the field of environment. In Vietnam, Menart provides equipment for waste treatment plants in Dong Nai, Soc Trang, Kon Tum, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen, Ha Nam provinces to turn waste into compost for agriculture. Waste sorting and treatment line manufactured by Menart company for Vietnam market. The composting waste treatment plant at the domestic and industrial solid waste treatment area in Vinh Tan commune, Vinh Cuu district, Dong Nai province is invested by Sonadezi Environment Joint Stock Company and also provided by Menart Company. device. The 7.1-hectare plant was put into trial operation late last year with a capacity of 450 tons/day, operating 8 hours/day. The operation process consists of 4 main stages: waste sorting, aerobic composting, ripening, and creating refined humus. About 80% of the organic waste received will be treated as compost; about 15% of inert waste after burning is buried in hygienic burial pits; About 5% of nylon bags are recovered, recycled and reused. Currently, Menart continues to complete the garbage sorting equipment, composting machines, rotary machines, and composting equipment to hand over to Sonadezi to serve the expansion of the Vinh Tan waste treatment plant. Ms. Bérengère Menart strongly believes in the prospect of cooperation in this field with Vietnam. She said: “Vietnamese people and local authorities will raise awareness of environmental protection, reduce the amount of untreated waste into the environment and thus contribute to improving the quality of life.” She affirmed and wished to continue expanding cooperation in technology transfer to Vietnamese partners in the fields of environment and agriculture. With projects implemented in Vietnam, Menart is contributing to the local government to solve the management and treatment of waste, a hot issue today, due to the rapid urbanization process.

Photo: Menart Anthony Romeo’s work at Menart is in the project of treating waste to make compost at the Industrial and Domestic Solid Waste Treatment Area, Vinh Tan Commune, Vinh Cuu District, Dong Nai Province. This project is implemented by Menart company together with Sonadezi Dong Nai Environment Joint Stock Company. According to Anthony, the design must be based on research and field research. He spent many field trips to examine the actual conditions to build a waste treatment plant and then returned to Belgium, doing design with 3D line technology. The installation is guaranteed to suit the tropical climate of Vietnam. Some details are produced by Menart on the spot, others are sent to Vietnam to request production. Then, the equipment is transported from Belgium to Vietnam, assembled at a waste treatment plant to operate. Meanwhile, at Menart’s manufacturing facility, the company’s engineers are installing and testing the waste sorting and composting equipment. This is the second line that Menart is about to hand over to Sonadezi for deployment in Vietnam. Mr. Mot, an experienced technician, said last year, he was sent to Dong Nai by the company to prepare for the trial operation of the waste treatment plant. He spent 6 months here with Vietnamese colleagues installing lines and training operations to prepare for the factory commissioning in November 2020. Menart is a private company established in 1961 specializing in the design, construction and installation of organic fertilizer production equipment, waste treatment to protect the environment. With a team of highly qualified engineers and technicians, Menart provides equipment and solutions for many fields, especially environmental protection and clean agricultural production. Currently, Menart’s network of operations covers 60 countries in 4 continents including Asia, Europe, Africa and America. Menart’s General Director affirmed his wish to continue expanding cooperation in technology transfer for Vietnamese partners in the field of environment and agriculture. (Photo: Menart) According to Ms. Bérengère Menart, General Director of Menart, the company has been working with Vietnam since the late 1990s in the environmental sector. In Vietnam, Menart supplies equipment for waste treatment plants in Dong Nai, Soc Trang, Kon Tum, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen and Ha Nam, to turn waste into compost for agriculture. The composting humus treatment plant at the domestic and industrial solid waste treatment area in Vinh Tan commune, Vinh Cuu district, Dong Nai province is invested by Sonadezi Environment Joint Stock Company and provided by Menart Company. device. The 7.1 ha factory was put into trial operation late last year with a capacity of 450 tons / day, operating 8 hours / day. The operating process consists of 4 main stages: waste classification, aerobic composting, maturation, creating refined humus. About 80% of organic waste received will be treated as compost; about 15% of inert waste, after burning, will be buried in hygienic burial holes; About 5% of nylon bags are recovered, recycled and reused. Inside the workshop (Photo: Menart) At present, Menart continues to complete waste sorting equipment, composting machines, cameras and composting equipment to hand over to Sonadezi to serve the expansion of Vinh Tan waste treatment plant. Ms. Bérengère Menart strongly believes in the prospect of cooperation in this field with Vietnam. “Vietnamese people and local authorities will raise awareness of environmental protection, reduce the amount of untreated waste to the environment, and thus contribute to improving the quality of life,” she said. She affirmed her desire to continue to expand cooperation in technology transfer to Vietnamese partners in the field of environment and agriculture. With projects deployed in Vietnam, Menart is contributing to the local government to solve the waste management and treatment, a hot issue today, due to the rapidly increasing urbanization process. Menart is continuing to complete waste sorting equipment, composting machines, cameras, and composting equipment to hand over to Sonadezi. (Photo: Menart) Quynh Hoa According to Vietnam News Agency

The pressure components for WtE incineration technology boiler are being loaded onto ships at Doosan Vina’s dedicated port in Dung Quat EZ for export to Japan. Before manufacturing WTE waste incineration boiler for this project, Doosan Vina had to conduct 5 tests for Japanese customers to evaluate. That shows the extremely strict quality requirements of the Japanese market. The Fushimi Kankyo Hozen project was signed by Doosan Vina with customers Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd, Japan on April 4, 2019, involving the supply of 228 tons of boiler pressure component equipment. and Nickel alloy coating welding is used in the waste thermal power plant in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan. In this first shipment, Doosan Vina shipped a total of 58 packages weighing 189 tons including Coil, Panel, Header and Link. After the installation is completed, these devices will take on the task of burning garbage and converting thermal energy into electricity.

Share with Zing , Lyli said from a young age, she has loved hand made items. As an adult, working in the fashion design field, she has the opportunity to pursue her passion. The peacock’s blanket bag was the first gift Lyli gave her mother. Lyli’s first recycled product was a set of bags, purses and fashion accessories made from subsidized peacock blanket. She gave these items to her mother. She was very touched, encouraging her daughter to continue to be creative. To create a new item from old materials, Lyli must collect, classify fabrics, design designs suitable for that fabric or at the request of the orderer. To make products more fashionable and beautiful, they need to be studded with stones, drawn or embroidered. However, to limit waste in the environment, she limits the use of new items, making use of all that can be recycled. On average, a LyLi product makes in 3-5 hours, the price ranges from 250,000-750,000 VND depending on the design and the difficulty of the material. Besides, the secret to turning old clothes into beautiful bags, she must pay attention to the sorting and cleaning of fabrics. In addition, she is always thinking, creating fashion products, plus decorative motifs, handcrafted stone. The girl turns old clothes into a beautiful handbag. The 32-year-old designer says 90% of the details that make up the recycled bag are environmental protection products such as old fabrics and molds from plastic waste. In addition, recycling can help people store souvenirs in another form. At the same time, this is also a way to save and reduce consumption costs when taking advantage of second hand. In particular, the most important meaning of this is to help reduce waste in the environment, extending the life cycle of each item. “I do it first for myself and for people who care about the environment. After that, I hope everyone will join hands to protect the environment more “. From the initial success, Lyli and his colleagues launched the project “Giving away old stuff – getting new things back.” Accordingly, each person can exchange 5 old items to receive a recycled gift. In particular, the proceeds, Lyli will be used to build Fund Am Thank. Lyli Hoang plans to use this fund to donate to people with difficult circumstances, people with disabilities … In addition, the 32-year-old designer’s recycling project also creates jobs for many people with special circumstances such as autistic people, inferior people in the LGBT community … Lyli wants to create a variety of environmentally friendly products. “They are very interested in community issues, are conscious of environmental protection, so they affect me a lot. You guys have been with me for a long time, someone who shares the same direction and support, I believe the project will go for a long time ”, shared Lyli Hoang. In the coming time, Lyli wants to continue to develop more styles and materials for making recycled bags to make them more convenient, unique and environmentally friendly. In addition, the designer wants to bring products “made in Vietnam”, which bring the message of environmental protection to foreign countries.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the current situation of pollution of plastic and plastic waste in our country is very serious, the amount of plastic waste and plastic bags in Vietnam accounts for about 8-12% of the waste. domestic snake. The amount of plastic waste, plastic bags discharged increases year by year, causing serious harm to the ecological environment. Plastic is a compound made to last forever, yet up to 33% of all plastic items, such as water bottles, plastic bags and straws … are used only once and then discarded. According to experts’ calculations, plastic bottles of water have decomposition time after 450-1,000 years; straws (decomposes after 100-500 years), plastic cups (decomposes after 50-200 years), plastic bags / plastic bags (decomposes after 500-1,000 years), diapers / diapers (decomposes after 250 years) -500 years) … An Phu youth join hands to protect the environment Responding to the “Anti plastic waste” movement, all levels and branches in the province have implemented many practical activities. For the education and training sector, up to now, many units have built propaganda and coordination plans to disseminate at the unit, through regular meetings of unions; branch meetings, school council meetings, activities under the flag, extra-curricular activities, extracurricular activities … thereby raising awareness of staff, teachers, staff and students. Limiting the use of plastic waste to protect the environment. Many schools have combined to implement the movement “Small Plan” to collect plastic waste to sell scrap to help students in difficult circumstances. Through that, to educate students about environmental protection awareness and compassion. Many units, schools also collect plastic waste to recycle as school supplies and household activities. Many schools have organized movement activities: contests, skits … with the content “Anti plastic waste”, the risk of pollution of plastic and plastic bags in order to change behavior, proceed to eradicate the habit. Use hard-to-biodegradable plastic bags, single-use disposable plastic products. In order to contribute to sustainable environmental protection, the Department of Education and Training orientates schools to continue implementing education integrating environmental protection into the following subjects: ethics, nature – society, civic education, student study, geography … at appropriate extracurricular activities. Schools proceeded to arrange a separate plastic waste container with other types of waste in the unit for easy collection. On the other hand, educate the habit of restricting the use of plastic waste for members of the unit and students. Continuing to organize propaganda and mobilization of staff, teachers, staff and students to change their behaviors, habits of using disposable plastic products, hard-to-decompose plastic bags, contributing to minimizing pollution. environment, protecting human health and ecosystems. Extensive propaganda about the “Anti-plastic waste” movement for all staff, teachers, staff and students, and at the same time mobilizing relatives to “say no to plastic bags and used plastic products 1” times ”. Organize movements: contests, skits … to change, eventually give up the habit of using hard-to-biodegradable plastic bags, single-use hard-to-biodegradable plastic products. Implement education to integrate environmental protection contents into subjects: ethics, nature – society, civic education, biology, geography … into extracurricular activities suitable to each grade level. , each student object. Limiting the use of disposable plastic products that are difficult to decompose and actively looking for disposable plastic product alternatives in the activities of agencies and units. Encourage each officer, teacher and employee to uphold their sense of responsibility, actively participate in and organize anti-plastic waste activities with specific and practical initiatives and actions. Change habits, say no to disposable plastic products, plastic bags through shopping, living, working, daily labor; using environmentally friendly products instead. Actively participate in environmental protection activities in the place of residence by the smallest actions, such as: sorting, recycling, reusing waste, using raw materials, fuel …

The company describes it as looking like leather, giving the experience a soft and supple feel. Photo: adidas. Accordingly, Mylo is a material produced by mycelium. The fibers are linked together and can grow on the ground. They take less than 2 weeks to develop. Once finished, it can be dyed, manipulated and stitched like leather. This shoe model is renewed with a cream-colored upper body with 3 perforated stripes. The familiar green heel pad is replaced with the words “Mylo” and the branding logo. All are made of improved materials. The sole of the shoe is made of natural rubber. “This is a big step forward in our bold ambitions to help end plastic waste. As a brand we continue to explore the possibilities of material innovation,” said Amy Jones Vaterlaus – adidas spokesperson – said. adidas launches new version of Stan Smith made from mycelium. Photo: adidas. In its initiative to eliminate plastic waste, the German fashion brand made progress by the end of 2020 with more than 50% of its used polyester recycled. WWD that by 2024, the “giant’s” goal is to have 100% recycled polyester used in liquid products. The company also plans to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 (compared to 2017) and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Stan Smith is a shoe model named after the American tennis player. It has confirmed its place in fashion history with unique styling on adidas signature designs. Mylo is dyed to create products that look like real leather. Photo: adidas. How to restore Gucci shoes worth 680 USD Restoring expensive shoes takes many steps. In particular, the cleaning of the inside and the outer shell are important.

On April 29, at the Van Xuong spacecraft launch center in Hainan province, China successfully launched the first module of the Tianhe space station with the Truong Chinh 5B rocket, marking an important step in the build the country’s own space station. However, instead of falling to a predetermined place in the sea like the previous rockets, the central stage of the Truong Chinh 5B boosters started spinning around the Earth in a low orbit in a state of out-of-control. With a weight of about 21 tons, 30m long and 5m wide, the remnants of the Truong Chinh 5B rocket are flying in orbit around the Earth every 90 minutes / rev, at a speed of 27,600 km / h at an altitude of over 300 kilometer. Since the end of last week until now, this remaining part has decreased altitude by nearly 80km. According to the observations of underground amateur astronomers, this missile is in a very unstable state. Some calculations show that the central floor of the Truong Chinh 5B missile will plunge into the atmosphere on May 8. When it crosses the Earth’s atmosphere, it could be burned, but it is likely that large pieces of the missile will remain and will fall scattered over an area of ​​160km wide. Worth mentioning, this is not the first time that China’s Truong Chinh 5B missile has fallen into a state of out-of-control during the biosphere. In May 2020, a similar incident happened. Beijing is expected to have at least 10 more similar launches, bringing all additional equipment into orbit, before completing the station by 2022. China’s Truong Chinh 5B missile was launched into orbit on April 29 at the Wenchang launch pad, southern China. . Prior to the US Space Command’s forecast that the 2021-035B Truong Chinh 5B (Long March 5B or Chang Zheng 5B) missile core, called 2021-035B, was capable of falling uncontrollably on Earth on the day. May 8-9, many people questioned: Will Russia or the US plan to use the missile to shoot the core of the Truong Chinh 5B missile, to save the planet’s citizens? On May 6, the US said it was tracking the object’s path, but had no plans to shoot it down. Cosmic garbage Australia currently holds the record as the country that contains the largest space waste in the world. In 1979, the 77-ton American SkyLab space station disintegrated in Western Australia, leaving the area around the coastal town of Esperance splashed by debris. Although no deaths or serious injuries have been reported from being hit by these cosmic debris, it is quite dangerous. Just a year before the fall of SkyLab, a Soviet remote sensing satellite, Cosmos 954, crashed into a barren area of ​​Canada’s Northwest Territory, spreading radioactive debris over several hundred square kilometers. As the Cold War was at its height, the nuclear sensitivity of the Cosmos 954 led to unfortunate delays in locating and cleaning the wreck. Who has to pay for cleaning? International law sets out a compensation regime that applies in many cases of damage on Earth, as well as when satellites collide in space. The 1972 conventions, a United Nations treaty, impose liability for the damage caused by space debris, which includes a regime of absolute liability as they fall to Earth like fragments. crumbs. In the case of Long March 5B, this would impose potential liability on China. The new treaty has only been invoked once before (for the Cosmos 954 incident) and therefore may not be considered a incentive. Of course, this legal framework only applies after the damage has occurred. In 1978, a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite crashed in northern Canada, resulting in a $ 3,000,000 fine for the tundra radioactive cleanup for Canada.

China’s Truong Chinh 5B missile was launched into space from April 29 New arena between America-China This week, the US and China have repeatedly debated over the warning that the remnants of the Chinese Truong Chinh 5B missile could fall back to Earth. While the US has criticized this as the result of irresponsibility and negligence and predicts serious consequences, China has countered that the West is overdoing and the impact of heavier missile remnants. The 20 tons falling back on Earth is nothing serious. Observing the latest incident, world commentators said that, even when the huge remnant of Truong Chinh 5B’s missile fell to the Earth and caused no consequences, the controversy related to the row. Space between China and America will not end either. On the contrary, this is just the opening for a new “arena” between the two leading economies in the world because they are spending sparingly to increase their presence in the universe. The more space we invest and build, the greater the amount of space waste will be, and the return of giant objects from space will no longer be uncommon. Just over last month, the Chinese National Aerospace Agency also kept an eye on a massive cosmic litter. In particular, the International Space Station (ISS) emits the largest space trash ever, which is the 2.9-ton base of 48 nickel-hydrogen panels. It is expected that the trash will spend 2 to 4 years floating in low Earth orbit before it burns into the atmosphere. The consequences of this discharge are not the same as the discharge of the remnants of the Truong Chinh 5B missile because the object of the Chinese missile weighs more than 20 tons, so it is difficult to burn out, leaving the large structure falling on Earth. However, as soon as the ISS station’s discharge was announced, the China Space News website immediately published an article warning the risk of a 2.9-ton retrograde waste block. “Pray for that waste block not to come back and hit the space station”, according to the article on this website. The problem of litter will be as bad as climate change The South China Post (SCMP) newspaper published this month indicated that China is tracking about 20,000 blocks of space waste, 50% more than a decade ago. ” In the end, the consequence may be that, even if there are no more people performing any more space activity, the total amount of cosmic waste will continue to increase, the door to human space will be completely blocked. – Mr. Feng Hao, an aerospace specialist in China, said Mr. Feng Hao, lead author of the report and his colleagues at the Beijing Institute of Space Systems Engineering, said that the situation of the rapid increase in the amount of waste in the orbit of the Earth is very alarming because that floating object can collide with each other. The scenario above will take place soon and worse when China and the US continue to compete in space. Both have ambitious plans to expand the space program over the next few years. Tens of thousands of satellites have been launched, a lot of large-scale infrastructure built in orbit from Earth to Moon. Feng estimates that by 2033, the geostationary orbit will be crowded, meaning that adding more satellites to orbit will lead to a chain collision. Space litter “could become the same important political issue as the current state of climate change,” said a Beijing-based scientist, who did not want to be identified. According to this scientist, when the important orbits do not have many gaps, tensions between Washington and Beijing, the two countries most active in aerospace operations, will become increasingly fierce. “Beijing may criticize Washington for its cosmic emissions, on the contrary, Washington will limit Beijing’s future space missions. This will cause a profound geopolitical impact, affecting all countries on Earth “, emphasized the anonymous expert. Furthermore, when the US-China confronts, international cooperation related to space waste disposal will inevitably be affected. Not to mention, the situation of sharing space waste tracking information between countries is still superficial, partly because the technology used in the universe is related to the military, so no country wants to share it clearly. . “You can imagine this situation as two people sitting in the front row scrambling for the steering wheel while the car is about to crash into the wall,” the Beijing expert explained. China launched the 5B Truong Chinh missile into space, carrying the first module of the Chinese-made Tian Cung space station, from April 29. This missile has a 1-core configuration for propulsion, so the size of this floor is very large. When completing the task of bringing the missile to, the separated core will be disabled and become a giant mass of cosmic trash. The problem is this trash is spinning in uncontrollable Earth orbit. Expected to fall to Earth as early as today (May 8).

Leaders of Hanoi Urban Environment Company Limited and Vietnam Packaging Recycling Union participated in the signing ceremony. Accordingly, the two sides will coordinate to develop specific plans to promote the sorting model at source, collection, transportation and treatment of recyclable waste in Hanoi city; Develop and implement a communication plan: Design, train, communicate to raise awareness, and guide the method of separating waste at source, thereby changing habits and behaviors for the community in the sorting and collecting recycled waste; Build network connection between collection and transport units – Recycling units in promoting a circular economy. Research and propose to policy makers and regulators to create incentives and favorable market conditions for recycled waste. Mr. Jahanzeb Khan – Vice Chairman of Vietnam Packaging Recycling Alliance (Pro Vietnam) said that through this cooperation, Pro Vietnam will carry out a project to raise public awareness, from there creating behavioral changes in the use and management of plastic waste. “Pro Vietnam will support Hanoi Urban Environment Company Limited to jointly carry out activities to increase the rate of collection and recycling of plastic, packaging and other recyclable waste. At the same time, identify, develop and implement initiatives on concerns and benefits in local plastic waste management, especially in recirculating economic projects ”- Mr. Jahanzeb Khan. It is known that Pro Vietnam includes members who are leading FDI and Vietnam companies in the field of consumer goods, packaging production, retail and import with the same desire to contribute to a green Vietnam, Clean, beautiful by promoting the circular economic model by making product packaging collection and recycling work in a more accessible and sustainable way.

Signing of a cooperation agreement on waste collection and recycling. Accordingly, URENCO and PRO Vietnam cooperate to develop a specific plan to promote the model of sorting at source, collecting, transporting and treating recyclable waste in Hanoi; building and implementing communication plans: Designing, training, communicating to raise awareness, guide the method of garbage classification at source; thereby changing the habits and behaviors for the community in the classification and collection of recycled waste. At the same time, the two sides build a network to connect between collection and transport units – recycling units in promoting a circular economy … PRO Vietnam currently has 18 members who are the leading brand owners and packaging manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers in the food and beverage industry. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mr. Zahanzeb Khan, Vice President of PRO Vietnam shared: “Through this cooperation, we wish to create a connection between PRO Vietnam and members of the Urban Environment Association. Vietnam market and industrial park in implementing environmental protection activities, for a green – clean – beautiful Vietnam; at the same time, making packaging recycling more accessible and sustainable, towards the goal All packages of PRO Vietnam members put on the market are collected for recycling. According to URENCO’s statistics on the results of the implementation of waste management, classification and collection at sources deployed in 4 districts (Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung) in Hanoi, from mid-August Until now, URENCO has purchased more than 150 tons of recycled waste. Of these, plastic accounts for 35%, paper 55% and 10% are metals.

An old Galaxy phone is used as a sensor for the sound of a baby crying. Photo: Samsung Through the SmartThings app, users can convert the function of Samsung Galaxy phones from 2018 and earlier into sound sensors to notify when they hear a knock on the door or the sound of a baby crying. Light sensors, which are used to adjust screen brightness, can be used to automatically control indoor lighting. Samsung also said that the battery of the old phone will be optimized to increase the uptime when the device has a new “life”. Innovative reuse is a method of reducing technology waste that is still relatively new compared to traditional ways such as giving away, returning the company or reselling. With this project, technology brands from Korea are expected to contribute to encouraging users to take advantage of old smartphones in everyday life, and help promote more of its technology ecosystem. Even so, according to technology site Ars Technica, despite its good environmentalism, the Upcycle program only allows the reuse of light and sound sensors. In fact, spontaneously, users have been devising many initiatives to reuse old phones, such as converting them into security cameras, data storage hard drives or music players.

Pictures of aunts buying cicadas on the road. Photo: MINH HOANG Every year, Vietnam uses millions of tons of packaging types including plastic and paper. In which, about 40% of paper packaging and 27% of plastic packaging is collected and recycled. That means the rest is discharged into the environment, affecting marine ecosystems, polluting soil and water environments (rivers, lakes, canals, etc.) and groundwater pollution. According to the information at the scientific workshop “Promoting the role of science and technology in ocean plastic waste management”, Vietnam is considered one of the 5 countries that discharge the most plastic waste into the environment (about 1.8 million tons / year). To help limit the above situation, you learn how to properly classify and collect waste, this will help increase the recycling rate, contribute to protecting the surrounding environment. First, please install the VECA app for your phone here, compatible with Android 5.0 and above devices. Basically, this app will help you connect with the ticks collecting and buying bottles, making the purchase and sale of bottle ticks simpler through the appointment scheduling section. Create an account to use the application to sell bottles online. Photo: MINH HOANG To get started, you need to enter your phone number and full name for the contact. The main interface of VECA is relatively simple, the scrap price list is clearly publicized by each item, including newspaper, paper, carton, solid iron … The prices of scrap are made transparent. Photo: MINH HOANG If your house has many bottles, you can click on the button I sell, then set the address of home / work / factory … and choose the corresponding time (weekdays or Saturday, Sunday), at the end together click Confirm. The system will automatically send your request to the uncle collecting bottles. User can manage collection requests in History section. Also at the main interface, you can refer to good tips related to the sorting and disposal of waste. Set a collection schedule for bottle ticks. Photo: MINH HOANG Currently, VECA has just deployed the service of buying bottle at home in Phu Nhuan district, Ho Chi Minh City, and is expected to expand its operating area in the near future. Note, because the application is in the process of testing, there will definitely be an error, readers can submit suggestions for the developer to improve and fix in the next version. In general, the features that VECA offers are relatively useful, leveraging the technology platform to make ordinary purchases simpler, faster, and connecting the seller’s needs with buyers. , thereby helping to increase income for both parties and limit waste into the environment.

UEH students gather and classify garbage before carrying it to destruction. The main goal of the project is to build a model of school without rubbish, apply a zero-garbage solution in school waste management, and prioritize the refusal – minimizing – reuse of single-use plastic products. The product is not required, or cannot be composted. The program will be implemented in the first phase from April to the end of October 2021 at UEH Campus – Nguyen Van Linh. With the concept “just recycling is not enough”, while recycling plastic is also causing many consequences for human health and the environment, the Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance (VZWA) * for that “Practice without rubbish” is the most sustainable solution and create a circular economy for society. In particular, schools play an important role in raising awareness of young people about environmental protection. This is the premise for the idea of ​​implementing UEH – Zero Waste Campus project. The project is part of a strategy to build a No Spam model in the community, as a pilot at the University of Economics, HCMC. Ho Chi Minh City – Nguyen Van Linh campus with cooperation, consultancy and technical support from the Vietnam Spam Free Alliance. The specific objective of the project is that at least 70% of the total post-project surveyed people understand what it means to be No Spam; the amount of general waste going to landfills decreased by about 40%; persistent waste (including disposable plastic, unnecessary products, organic composting) reduced by about 30%; Organic waste is processed to become compost, recycled waste is collected and taken to the recycling facility; Reducing the use of unnecessary, disposable or non-compostable plastic products. In order to realize action goals, City University of Economics. Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) and the Vietnam Spam Free Alliance signed a cooperation agreement (MOU). The signed content of the two parties aims to jointly design, consult and plan the UEH – Zero Waste Campus project, including the development of measures to manage and reduce waste in the school and campaigns. improve waste awareness, adopt a No-Garbage lifestyle and turn waste into a resource. UEH students in class Mr. Bui Quang Hung – UEH Vice Rector shared: “Towards the model of“ Green University ”, HCMC University of Economics. Ho Chi Minh is actively cooperating with the Vietnam No Trash Alliance in activities of managing, minimizing and turning waste into resources; communicating and implementing a roadmap to build the No-Garbage School. The project expects all staff, students and stakeholders at the University to increase awareness of waste issues, and understand and practice the “No Spam” lifestyle. Accordingly, the Vietnam Non-Garbage Alliance initially surveyed students’ perceptions, assessed the current situation of waste at UEH campus – Nguyen Van Linh and will continue to coordinate with the school to implement specific activities. project roadmap. Ms. Quach Thi Xuan, Coordinator of the Vietnam Spam Free Alliance said: “The Zero Waste Campus project marks a new turning point in the partnership between UEH and the Vietnam Spam Free Alliance. This is a “long-term” program with special meaning to raise awareness of environmental protection with practical actions “. The project helps to limit plastic waste, protects the health of students and staff from the harmful effects of plastic waste, and at the same time contributes to building UEH – Nguyen Van Linh Campus in the direction of “Green University” – Green School , Environmental friendliness.

According to Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Newspaper, in the hope of increasing the value of pineapple trees, reducing the environmental pollution load after each harvest, Mr. Nguyen Van Hanh (31 years old, in Tan Thang commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe province An) decided to quit his job as a ship captain with a salary of 30 million VND / month to go back to his hometown to grow pineapple (pineapple, pineapple). Anh Hanh and pineapple fibers are separated from pandan leaves (Photo: Women in HCMC) “The machine includes a system of knives inside, which helps to break the meat, keeping the leaf silk. This machine can squeeze 2-3 tons of pineapple leaves / day. After that, silk is soaked in pineapple vinegar, dried, spliced, spun … Many manufacturers of bags and fashion products have ordered this yarn, “said Hanh. Unique painting costing silver million from utopian material Dan Viet newspaper said, who is an art enthusiast, but living with painting teacher Nguyen Hoang Nam (Chau Phu district, An Giang province) is “non-believer”. But with his natural ability, Mr. Nam has turned the rugged granite slabs into unique and vivid stone paintings. Currently, Mr. Nam has over 150 stone paintings of all types: portraits, landscapes, word paintings … These stone paintings bear bold beauty of the Southern countryside. Each stone painting costs from several million to several tens of million dong. The Hanoi farmer raises a tiny fish in a scrap bottle Mr. Tran Ngoc Thang, (55 years old, residing in Ngoc Ha ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi), has more than 20 years working with fighting fish farming. In particular, Mr. Thang took advantage of thousands of discarded bottles and jars to raise fish. Fighting fish in a bottle (Photo: Dan Viet) “When starting to raise this fish, many people think that I am crazy because more than 100m2 of land in the middle of Ba Dinh district, just renting can make enough money to feed the whole family, I need to work hard.” Mr. Thang confided in Dan Viet Mr. Thang has a passion for aquarium fish since he was a child. Growing up, he bought a variety of fish to raise. Seeing that the breeder fish were mainly imported from the South or Thailand at an expensive price, he discussed with his wife to build an aquarium farm. A series of guppies and fighters were propagated by Mr. Thang and supplied to the market. Mr. Thang has an income of hundreds of millions VND per year from raising ornamental fish. The largest collection of money in Vietnam by a giant Saigon From a young age, seeing his father every day preserving ancient coins such as Thai Binh Hung Bao, Dai Dinh, Hong Duc, … Mr. Huynh Minh Hiep (Ho Chi Minh City) has a special passion for collecting antiquity range. After nearly 30 years of collection, Mr. Hiep owns nearly 20 types of monolithic coins dating from the 1st to the 19th century. This is a coin collection with many historical values ​​and cultural imprints of Vietnam. through the period. Anh Hiep also has more than 10,000 ancient coins. According to Mr. Hiep, the ancient money is often buried in jars and jars for a long time, so they often stick together to form large, hard rock and often have strange shapes. In addition to coins and coins, Hiep also collects paper coins. Up to now, Mr. Hiep has a collection of coins from 218 countries and a collection of banknotes from 222 countries around the world. In 2005, Mr. Hiep set a record as having the most money collection from countries in the world in Vietnam. According to Dan Viet newspaper, Hiep also owns many valuable items on display in a coffee shop of more than 1,000 square meters. This is also the place to receive the record “The place where exhibits recreated old Saigon (period before 1975) with the most number of exhibits are displayed”. Collection of rare and precious coins of 9X Ha Thanh Phung Van Hung (Hung Ba, SN 1990, living in Hanoi) is a quite famous name on Tiktok because of the work of valuing ancient coins. The clips of these 9X’s unique notes attracted millions of views. Hung’s collection of ancient coins “King of money” shared on Enterprise and Marketing, he started collecting coins while sitting on the university lecture hall. After 11 years, he has a collection of up to about 1 million sheets, prints the picture of King Bao Dai, the mascot of the year or a unique set of feng shui coins. Currently, he is also changing business, valuing beautiful currencies, with a beautiful serial number that attracts attention. According to Hung, the valuation of ancient coins does not have any specific regulations, but can be based on their preciousness, rarity, origin or status. Many people want to buy back some of the rare money he owns, but he refuses. The coin with the “huge” serial number and the most expensive price I ever sold was the $ 100 note, the eighth quarter series. He exchanged this note for a Honda SH car. The smart home from the garbage can be removed and assembled like a lego game Dan Viet newspaper said, after 22 years of research, Mr. Phan Trong Hoan (Ben Luc district, Long An) has successfully designed a house made entirely from rice husks and plastic waste, 64m2 wide. After more than 7 years of going into use this house is still intact paint color, not waterproof, degraded. Currently, Mr. Hoan has 10 houses made of plastic waste, present in many provinces and cities across the country. In particular, there is a house located right in the earthquake but still standing, not affected. Notably, houses made from rice husks and plastic waste can be removed, moved to a different location for assembly, or recyclable. “No need for reinforcement, no mortar, no foundation, the house is assembled according to pre-designed edges and can be removed to go anywhere,” said Mr. Hoan. After the first house made of rice husks and plastic waste was completed in 2013, the NOIP granted a utility solution patent for this unique process by Mr. Hoan. Strange lotus species can “piggyback” adults in Dong Thap Possessing a simple architecture, not superficial, but Phuoc Kien Pagoda still attracts a large number of visitors to visit thanks to a strange lotus garden with “huge” foliage, “carrying” the whole person weighing 100kg. Giant lotus leaves are “carried” by adults (Photo: Nguyen Tung Viet / Dan Tri). This giant lotus species is a rare plant native to the Amazon region, South America. They appear in the pond at Phuoc Kien pagoda since 1992. Due to the soil here, this lotus variety is growing very well. Large, thick lotus leaves. In particular, this lotus variety can change its leaf size astonishingly depending on the water season. In the dry season, the lotus leaves are only about 1-1.5m. In the flooding season, the leaves are flooded, so they grow more, reaching 2.5m in diameter. There are individual trees, leaves up to 3m wide. The edge of the lotus leaf is 3-5cm higher than the water surface, and its shape resembles a sports hat. Thanks to its large size, this lotus species can “carry” an adult weighing about 70-80kg but only lightly scratch the water surface. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

Tobacco factory of BAT (British American Tobacco) – Vinataba Joint Venture Company in Dong Nai Previously, the National Assembly passed the Law on Environmental Protection in 2020, with additional regulations on minimizing, reusing, recycling and treating plastic waste; restrict the use of disposable plastic products and persistent plastic bags; encourage the production of environmentally friendly products to replace traditional plastic products. This is an important legal basis for Vietnam to strengthen the management, reuse, recycling, treatment and reduction of plastic waste in the coming time as well as promote international cooperation in this field. In parallel with the solution in terms of policy, with the role of state management on environmental protection, ministries, agencies, especially the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have actively coordinated with localities and organizations. politics – society, businesses organize propaganda to raise community awareness about waste and sustainable development. BAT has provided more than 26 million seedlings free of charge to farmers in Cao Bang, Lang Son, Gia Lai, Tay Ninh, Dak Lak and Dong Nai provinces, on an area of ​​more than 11,300 hectares. Up to now, the awareness of enterprises, especially related to production and business, on measures to reduce waste, protect the environment and become responsible corporate citizens has been raised. Large manufacturing companies, both at home and abroad, such as Saigon Paper, Vinamilk, HEINEKEN Vietnam, Nestle Vietnam, May 10, Unilever Vietnam or BAT Vietnam … are showing their responsibility for sustainable development. me. For example, Saigon Paper, over the years, has applied automation technology – saving energy and raw materials – fuel to expand production at its factory, building wastewater treatment systems. for the whole factory. Or HEINEKEN Vietnam is continuing to apply the circular economic model in facilities across the country. By 2019, 5 out of 6 factories of this business have used 100% renewable heat, 100% of bottles and kegs after being released to the market will be returned to the factory, 100% of beer cans. Recyclable, more than 2,000 tons of CO2 emissions are also cut from optimization of logistics and distribution. Besides, p Sustainable development is always the top goal of British American Tobacco (BAT) in the world as well as in the British American Tobacco Vietnam (BAT Vietnam). Activities to conserve natural resources such as saving water, being active in protecting forest resources, avoiding soil erosion, maintaining soil fertility, managing energy … are all important factors. that BAT wants to create a sustainable agriculture. The tobacco factory of BAT (British American Tobacco) – Vinataba Joint Venture Company in Dong Nai has always been the leading unit in implementing these activities. Waste sources such as medicinal steam from the drying system, production wastewater … have not been discharged into the environment but are reused, committing that no waste will be buried. Not only that, the company also actively collects and uses rainwater instead of source water. Along with the A standard, the wastewater system of the BAT-Vinataba plant has been used for the deodorizing system and other water-saving activities of the plant. Thereby, the BAT-Vinataba joint venture has saved an annual amount of water, from 2.2 m3 / ton of product (2014) to 1.82 m3 / ton of product (2020). According to the Environmental, Social and Governance – ESG 2020 report of BAT, during the past 18 years (2002-2020) in Vietnam, BAT has provided more than 26 million seedlings for free to farmers in Cao Bang, Lang Son, and Gia provinces. Lai, Tay Ninh, Dak Lak and Dong Nai, on an area of ​​more than 11,300 hectares. These contributions contribute to the greening of cultivated land and barren hills as well as bringing economic benefits to farmers in participating localities. These are remarkable efforts of this business. BAT also actively supports many programs on afforestation, biodiversity and environmental conservation, with 14 projects in 9 countries, by the end of 2020. In 2020, BAT has installed and used solar energy in factories in eight countries, including Brazil, South Africa and Pakistan. BAT plans to expand the installation of two more locations in 2021. In its ESG 2020 report, BAT stated that the Group’s goal is to increase the number of users of non-flammable (smoke-free) products to 50 million people, commitment to environmental protection, carbon neutralization by 2030; In the next 5 years, BAT will move to eliminate plastic packaging, use recyclable or compostable packaging; BAT will also increase the amount of water reused to 30% and 100% of the production sites will be free of landfill waste and fully renewable energy use.

Always have a jar of apple cider vinegar soaked in the refrigerator in the summer, when insects are raging and can sting you at any time. This is particularly effective because when soaked in apple cider vinegar, the eggshell begins to decompose, allowing the calcium carbonates in them to react with the vinegar to form calcium acetate. An astringent, like zinc oxide and iron oxide lotions, can help soothe, harden, and protect delicate skin.

However, this mixture only has a shelf life of 1 month.

Nursing seedlings

Containers for eggs after use, do not throw them away, but use to incubate seedlings. This is the perfect place to protect plants from animals and weeds.

Egg box used to store handmade things

Keep small buttons, nuts and scrap paper to place in the boxes of the egg box, so it is very convenient to make your handmade things beside you.

Gardening

Crush the eggshell and mix it into the soil for the plant or flower. The eggshell contains calcium, a mineral that is essential for plant growth.

Hair treatment

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Make your hair soft and shiny by using a mixture of eggs and olive oil to condition your hair.

Egg shells help sweeten coffee

Using eggshell in coffee sounds strange, but actually this is a pretty good way to sweeten coffee. The alkaline calcium carbonate content in the eggshell can reduce the acidity of the coffee, thus making the coffee less bitter. Furthermore, reducing the acidity in coffee also makes this drink healthier.

You just need to add 5g of crushed or pureed eggshell to the coffee powder you use often and make the coffee as usual.

Clean cooking oil after frying

The cooking oil after frying the food will turn black. You can use a piece of eggshell placed in an oil pan. The eggshell will absorb the carbon particles, making the oil cleaner.

The scene of the training class.

Vice Chairman of Dong Da District People’s Committee Ha Anh Tuan said that the goal of the training course is that the domestic waste step by step is classified according to the criteria of 3R (3R = Reduce, recycle and recycle). use (Reuse)); disposing of trash on time, at the right place; continue to maintain 100% daily waste collection; proceed to no garbage on the street, promptly collect garbage generated at all times of the day.

At the same time, strengthen the county’s State management over medical and hazardous waste disposal; adheres to the provisions of Joint Circular 58/2015 / TTLT-BYT-BTNMT on medical waste management, issued by the Minister of Health – Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and has performed well the tasks assigned by the City People’s Committee. approved in the project “Hazardous medical waste treatment in Hanoi to 2020, with an orientation to 2025”.

The Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Dong Da district also said that the district strives for domestic waste: Sorting over 70% of domestic waste. Reduce the average amount of waste 1.08 kg of waste / person / day to less than 1 kg of waste / person / day (down 7-8%). Guaranteed to collect 100% of daily domestic waste. 100% of people dump their trash on time and at the right place. 50% reduction in the number of manual collection trucks that collect rubbish in the alleys to replace them with motorized ones. 100% of means of transportation and garbage collection are fully inspected, maintained, maintained, and cleaned regularly, to ensure technical requirements (tight, not leak water and garbage vapor).

As for medical and hazardous wastes: 100% of medical and hazardous wastes are collected, transported and handled in accordance with the technical process and standards. 100% of medical facilities under the management of the district invested in completing the medical waste and hazardous waste classification system to ensure the standards and technical requirements as prescribed. 100% of small businesses and production establishments have measures to treat hazardous wastes such as motor oil, detergent, heavy metals, wastewater …