Green actions help ditch plastic in Đà Nẵng

Stefano Maccagno, general manager of the Four Points by Sheraton Đà Nẵng, said the coastal hotel has been eliminating single-use plastic.

He said the hotel managed to cut the use of  一 三0,000 plastic bags by installing bigger dust bins, while adopting paper straws and bagasse packaging.

At a dialogue in Đà Nẵng recently, deputy environment minister Võ Tuấn Nhân warned that plastic pollution has reached alarming levels, and Việt Nam creates  一. 八 million tonnes of plastic waste each year, of which only  二 七 per cent is recycled.

“Việt Nam could turn into a global plastic waste dump as the country consumed  四 一. 三kg of plastic per capita – a  二00 per cent increase – between  一 九 九0- 一 八. The Government plans to eliminate single-use plastic nationwide by  二0 二 五,” he said.

“We encourage the use of environmentally-friendly products in the co妹妹unity and call for the end of plastic bags and single-use plastic products.”

Hoàng Văn Thức, deputy head of the environment administration, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said: “Despite increasing from VNĐ 一 一,000 to VNĐ 五0,000 per kilo, plastic bags are still cheap and popular,” Thức explained.

“There needs to be a heavy tax on plastic bags and products, while boosting recycling and alternative production,” he suggested.