HCM City enhances int’l cooperation to mitigate plastic waste
HCM City (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the Ho
Chi Minh City People’s Committee Bui Xuan Cuong hosted a local reception on
March 2 for Vice President of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) Nicholas
Fredrick Kolesch and Country Director of the Netherlands Development Organisation
(SNV) Peter Loach.
Cuong hailed the SNV
for actively initiating the project “Clean cities for a green Vietnam” with
financial support from AEPW. He wished that AEPW and SNV would work closely
together to address plastic waste and pollution in the city as well as assist
the city’s plastic industry in its transition to a
sustainable circular economic model.
He suggested that
they help the city carry out the National Action Plan for Management of Marine
Plastic Waste till 2030 and incorporate the collection and treatment of plastic
waste on Can Gio beach into the "Clean
cities for a green Vietnam” project.
The host proposed the AEPW
and SNV continue strengthening cooperation with the city in supporting small
and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups in waste recycling, upgrading waste
management infrastructure and raising public awareness of waste classification.
Kolesch, for his part,
informed the host about his working session with the Vietnamese Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment.
As a global non-profit
organisation with 77 member entities, AEPW
is eager to help countries and localities address challenges related to plastic
waste based on techniques and experience gained from other projects. The aim is to make a
difference in waste management systems and turn waste into a source of national
economic benefits.
Loach said the "Clean cities for a green Vietnam" project, divided into
many stages, aims to reduce plastic waste pollution by 15-20% in Hanoi and Ho
Chi Minh City from 2023 to 2026./.