Plastic

Unlock the power of ecodesign to fundamentally rethink your products and processes, addressing 80% of the environmental impact and 70% of the production costs. Expert insights from the plastics industry underscore the urgency of adopting ecodesign principles to enable a circular economy. Join this session to discover how product designers facilitate the introduction of circular business models, connect stakeholders in different lifecycle stages, and enable re-use and recycling of materials and products.

  Fig 1. A circular economy aims to circulate the waste within a single enterprise or turn waste from one industry into a resource for another. According to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation…

A new scrap collection club has officially launched in Quy Nhon city, bringing together around 200 informal waste buyers and pickers from 10 districts with a primary goal of enhancing the livelihoods of these workers.

  Unilever is taking proactive steps towards building a sustainable future through its Circular Economy project. Figure 1A view of Unilever Vietnam factory in Cu Chi, HCM City. — Photo courtesy of Unilever Vietnam…

The “EveryONE” lounge, a permanent eco-friendly exhibition space at Samsung Electronics’ Suwon site, is a place where executives and employees can participate in unison.

At the Anti-Plastic Day festival, young people can participate in many meaningful activities to spread messages to reduce plastic waste and create friendly products that contribute to environmental protection.

October 27th marked milestones in Binh Dinh’s waste management, including the launch of a waste management model in the fisheries industry, the handover of equipment for collecting and transporting plastic waste, and the introduction and connection of the MRF with the informal waste workers.

The webinar series, organised by the CE Hub, aims to uncover different implications of a Circular Economy transition in Viet Nam.

UNDP and the CE Hub have started implementing a pilot initiative for a secondary material marketplace which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and receives support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

VietCycle, in coordination with Unilever Vietnam, organised a ceremony to honour 300 informal female waste collectors from localities of Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city.

The report’s aim is to highlight the gender and inclusion gaps and inequalities that exist throughout the plastic value chain, which can inform the development of gender-responsive and inclusive policy options for addressing plastic waste pollution in Viet Nam.

The theme of the webinar centered on the crucial role and historical evolution of PROs in the implementation of EPR in Germany, Norway, and Korea, along with customized recommendations for Vietnam.