“Say no to plastic waste” contest launched in Hung Yen
A contest was launched in the Red River Delta province of Hung Yen on August 15, seeking initiatives, new models and products that can help to reduce plastic waste.
Hung Yen (VNA) – Acontest was launched in the Red River Delta province of Hung Yen on August 15, seekinginitiatives, new models and products that can help to reduce plastic waste.
Themed “Say no to plastic waste,” the contest is jointly held by the VietnamEnvironment & Urban Magazine and Hung Yen Urban Environment and PublicWorks Ltd., Co.
Through the contest, authors of feasible initiatives and models will be connectedwith businesses and agencies so that those ideas will be implemented nationwide.
Entries can be sent to the organisers via post and email, or to the magazine’s representativeoffices from August 15, 2019 to February 15 next year.
The first, second, third and consolidation prizes will be presented to the mostoutstanding initiatives, models and products at a ceremony slated for June 5,2020, in coincidence with the World Environment Day.
At the contest’s launch, the organising board highlighted the threat posed byplastic waste to the world and Vietnam in particular, citing the United NationsEnvironment Programme report which said the world uses up to 500 billionplastic bags and discharges around 300 million tonnes of plastic waste eachyear. About 40 percent of plastic produced is used for packaging.
Meanwhile, Vietnam discharges about1.8 million tonnes of plastic every year, standing 17th among 109 countries interms of the plastic waste volume released.
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At the launching ceremony (Source: ) 
