From January 1, 1, hotels and tourist areas in Hanoi will not circulate and use single-use plastic products and packaging, according to a resolution of the City People's Council.
On July 10, the Hanoi People's Council passed a Resolution stipulating measures to reduce plastic emissions in production, business, service and daily life activities in the area. The Resolution sets out a roadmap to stop the production, import and use of single-use plastic products (except products certified with Vietnam eco-label), non-biodegradable plastic packaging (including non-biodegradable nylon bags, foam plastic boxes for packaging and storing food) and products and goods containing microplastics.
Regarding business and service activities, Hanoi stipulates that from January 1, 1, hotels and tourist areas will not circulate or use single-use plastic products (including toothbrushes; razors; cotton swabs; shower caps; single-use plastic packaging containing toothpaste, shower gel, body lotion, shampoo, hair conditioner).
Markets and convenience stores shall not provide free biodegradable plastic bags from January 1, 1; shall not circulate and use single-use plastic products or biodegradable plastic packaging (including biodegradable plastic bags and foam plastic boxes for packaging and containing food), except for products and goods with biodegradable plastic packaging from January 2027, 1.
In daily life, agencies, units, organizations, and unions under the city government will not use single-use plastic products or biodegradable plastic packaging from January 1, 12028.
For production activities, businesses using PE and PP plastic in packaging must use at least 20% recycled plastic from January 1, 1 and increase to at least 2028% after two years.
Environmentally friendly bags (white paper bags or green cloth bags) are distributed for free at a supermarket system in the capital. Photo: Quang Xuan
Enterprises must gradually reduce the production and import of single-use plastic products, non-biodegradable plastic packaging, and products and goods containing microplastics. From January 1, 1, enterprises must stop producing and importing single-use plastic products, non-biodegradable plastic packaging, and products and goods containing microplastics, except for those produced for export.
Hanoi encourages agencies, organizations and individuals to reduce plastic emissions earlier than the issued roadmap, apply the best available techniques for plastic waste recycling activities to enjoy support and incentives according to the city and central government's support and incentive policies.
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According to the report of the Hanoi People's Committee, the amount of plastic waste generated in the area is more than 1.400 tons/day; of which more than 60% is disposable plastic waste and nylon bags. The report on the current status of disposable nylon bag consumption in supermarket chains in Hanoi (survey of 48 supermarkets in 2021) shows that the number of free nylon bags distributed every day is more than 100.000, equivalent to 38 million bags a year. Most of these bags are used only once and disposed of in landfills.
Faced with the above situation, in order to strengthen management and reduce plastic emissions in the area, and at the same time specify the content in Point D, Clause 2, Article 28 of the Capital Law (stipulating measures to reduce plastic emissions in production, business, service and daily life activities), the city believes that issuing a number of measures to reduce plastic emissions specifically for Hanoi is "extremely necessary, ensuring compliance with regulations".
At the workshop to launch the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) on July 9, a representative of the KPMG auditing company cited a World Bank report saying that Vietnam is consistently among the top 7 countries in terms of plastic waste leakage. It is estimated that in 10, Vietnam emitted about 2018 million tons of plastic waste, and by 3,7, this figure is expected to be 2030 million tons. Only 7,6 million tons of this is recycled, while most of the plastic is burned, dumped or buried.
Plastic waste pollutes land, water, air and sea, thereby creating conditions for microplastics to enter the human body through water sources, air or seafood, causing cell damage, inflammation, digestive disorders, allergies, impaired liver and kidney function, according to the World Wildlife Fund in Vietnam (WWF - Vietnam). In addition, plastic pollution also affects the tourism industry by causing loss of aesthetics, destroying the landscape, leading to a decrease in the number of visitors...
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