11-07-2023 15:00
Although the Environmental Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme could create an incentive for the phase-out of eco-unfriendly and non-recyclable packaging in the long term, it would shift the heavy financial burden for end-of-life waste management from municipalities to producers and importers.
06-07-2023 14:00
The eighth Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Chemicals and Waste (AWGCW-8) was held in Hanoi on July 5.
30-06-2023 16:44
On June 24, more than 120 employees and their families gathered at Phan Thiet beach in Binh Thuan to lend a hand in cleaning the beach. On June 17, about 70 Citi employees also came together to clean up plastic and other non-biodegradable waste at Do Son Beach in Haiphong.
27-06-2023 10:10
Many foreign-invested manufacturers are concerned about the high recycling costs of electronic waste, which could create a significant financial burden for their businesses and potentially lead to increased product prices for consumers.
19-06-2023 10:54
Unilever Vietnam and the People’s Committee of District 7 in Ho Chi Minh City have recently partnered to promote plastic waste segregation at home among the local community for better collection and recycling.
05-06-2023 16:49
The Thai Organic Consumer Association (TOCA) is working with hotels in Phuket to initiate a food waste composting system, which is in line with the government’s Bio-Circular-Green Economic Model (BCG), in an effort to reduce increasing food waste in the context of tourism recovery in Thailand.
24-05-2023 16:31
A new task force was launched by the Vietnam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) on May 18 to promote innovation and catalyse investment in effective solutions for reducing plastic waste and pollution in Vietnam.
18-05-2023 15:00
Responding to World Environment Day 2023, the Centre of Natural Resources and Environment Communications, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, held a seminar on May 18 on policy and technology for recycling plastic scrap to produce recycled PET, while driving the circular economy.
27-04-2023 09:28
New World Saigon Hotel and a group of exceptionally intelligent young artists have generated the Raucycle – Rau Củ hay Rau Cũ? collection, with the aim of transforming wasted, irregularly shaped vegetables into artwork in honour of Earth Month and to further encourage the idea of not wasting food.
19-04-2023 11:09
Rodrygo scored twice as Real Madrid cruised into the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday, completing an emphatic 4-0 aggregate win against Chelsea that ends a disastrous season for the London club.
19-04-2023 09:26
Thailand’s Super Energy Group has proposed new ventures in waste-to-energy, including possibly developing a food processing industrial park and a hydrogen plant.
06-04-2023 08:30
In the fight against plastic waste, some businesses claim to use biodegradable plastics. However, the reality is that they are only using partially biodegradable plastics, called OXO-degradable plastics. These products don't contribute to sustainable development and are, in fact, directly harmful to the environment.
03-04-2023 09:22
A new memorandum of agreement is expected to be signed by the South Korean Ministry of Environment and the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction in September.
27-03-2023 18:27
Nine low-carbon Vietnamese initiatives, representing such diverse sectors such as renewable energy, resource efficiency, agriculture, decarbonising construction, and waste management have been chosen to take part in the first wave of the UK government's $14.4 million Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) scheme.
23-03-2023 15:39
Action on accelerating offshore wind power projects is urgently needed if the government is to meet its targets for the decade.