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Plastics network leverages innovation to tackle single-use pollution

Innovative ways to reduce plastics pollution took center stage at the Plastic Innovation Hub Vietnam (Hub Vietnam) Demo Day 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27.
Plastics network leverages innovation to tackle single-use pollution ảnh 1Australian Consul General in HCM City Sarah Hooper  speaks at the event. (Photo courtesy of Australian Embassy in Vietnam)
HCM City (VNA) – Innovative ways to reduce plasticsa pollution took center stage at the Plastic Innovation Hub Vietnam (Hub Vietnam) Demo Day 2023held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27.

The innovations were the outcome of the eight-week training programme from the Indo-Pacific PlasticsInnovation Network (IPPIN). 

Australian Consul General in HCM City Sarah Hooper said that IPPIN isan important programme in the region, which helps promote innovation to reduceplastics pollution and mitigate the impact of climate change.

Both Vietnam and Australia face formidable challenges of climate changeand the environment, with critical impacts on food security and the economy’sprosperity, she said, highlighting cooperation between science agencies andthe private sector as significant to bring about practical measures.

Meanwhile, Dr Kim Wimbush, senior advisor at Australia’s CommonwealthScientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Vietnam, said thatthe event created opportunities for stakeholders to enhance connectivity in theinnovation ecosystem, while honouring the startup skills of local innovators.

He said that IPPIN’s programmes aim at improving capacity of the local innovationecosystem by connecting innovators, researchers, the Government and industriesto take action in the chronic and ongoing fight against plastics pollution.

Vietnam wants to introduce a ban on single-use plastic products by 2031, he added, pointing out that it is events like the Demo Day that support this initiative.

An estimated 3.1 milliontonnes of plastic waste is dumped on land in Vietnam each year, and at least 10%of this ends up in the ocean.
According to the National Plastics Action Partnership Programme inVietnam, the amount of plastic leaking into rivers and seas could double by2030 if current waste collection, recycling and treatment processes are notimplemented.
 
The Plastic Innovation Hub Vietnam, part of the Mekong InnovationAlliance, is committed to changing these statistics to create a cleaner, moreprosperous future for all./.
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