A woman sorts out recyclable plastic soft drink bottles at Xa Cau Village, outside Hanoi, Vietnam.

The government instructed the environment ministry to issue environmental safety certificates to eligible containers so that their importers could use them to manufacture products. All imports of plastic scrap as feedstock would cease on December 31, 2024, it said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered to scrap imports temporarily last July, saying Vietnam must not become a dumping ground for other countries’ scrap, leaving thousands of containers stuck at ports for months.

His orders followed a surge in imports in the first six months after China banned imports of certain wastes.

But steel, paper and plastic industries have expressed concern since they need to import metal, paper and plastic scrap as feedstock.

Vietnam imported 9.2 million tons of scrap last year, up 14 percent from 2017, according to Vietnam Customs.

Provincial Party Secretary Bui Van Hai urges to accelerate construction progress of waste treatment plant to ensure the environmental sanitation

(BGO) – 18th People’s Council deputy delegation in the northern province of Bac Giang on November 14 met with constituents in 8 wards and communes of Le Loi, Tran Phu, Ngo Quyen, Tran Nguyen Han, Hoang Van Thu, My Do, Da Mai and Song Mai in Bac Giang city to prepare for the six meeting of the provincial People’s Council (18th tenure).

 

Eco-friendly waste treatment trucks presented to localities

Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS) have gifted two eco-friendly garbage trucks each to Ho Chi Minh City and Long An and Kien Giang provinces.

 

First waste-to-energy plant in Can Tho begins trial operation

The first waste-to-energy plant in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho began trial operation on October 15.

 

HCM City seeks investors for waste-to-power project

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment has submitted a proposal to the municipal People’s Committee on seeking domestic and foreign investors for a waste-to-power project.

 

New invention of waste-to- electric energy with incinerator

(BGO)- Nguyen Van Thanh Long (born in 2000) has graduated from Lang Giang No 3 high school who is one of a few students accepted to become a Party member when he was still at high school. Long not only proactively takes part in the youth union's activities but also fancies scientific and technical research.

 

Source: VnExpress