The objective of the project is to facilitate collaboration between consumers, waste pickers, recyclers, and local authorities to pilot the new and innovative approach of circular economy for plastic waste.
The Environmental Protection Law 2020 introduces a new perspective on solid waste management as polluter-pays principle, reflected in policy instruments such as extended producer responsibility (EPR), waste charge by volume.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Binh Duong Water Environment Joint Stock Company (BIWASE) signed a $13 million loan to finance the construction and operation of a composting plant, and waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Binh Duong province.
While Vietnam’s 93 million people are generating 1.2 kg of solid waste each per day, with about 16 per cent of this being plastic waste finding its way into waterways and the sea, Finland is seeing them as a valuable resource.
