Khanh Hoa province hopes to reduce its plastic waste at sea by half in the next five years (Photo: VNA)Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The southern central province ofKhanh Hoa has issued an action plan on marine plastic waste management, aimingto cut down half of its plastic debris at sea in the next five years.
Aside from the overall target, the coastalprovince hopes that by 2025, 50 percent of lost or discarded fishing tools willbe collected; 80 percent of local tourist sites, tourist accommodationestablishments and other tourism service providers in coastal areas will stopusing disposable plastic products or non-biodegradable plastic bags; and 80percent of plastic waste will be slashed in its marine reserves.
Khanh Hoa plans to reduce 75 percent of plasticwaste at sea and achieve 100 percent of the remaining aspects by 2030.
To do so, it is promoting communications toraise public awareness of plastic products and marine debris. It will alsoboost the collection, sorting and treatment of waste in coastal areas and atsea; arrange more waste containers in public places; and build a database ofmarine plastic waste, according to the plan issued by the provincial People’sCommittee.
In late 2019, a national actionplan on marine plastic waste management by 2030 was issued byPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. It aims to reduce 75 percent of the plasticdebris Vietnam releases into the ocean in the next 10 years./.
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