Scallions wrapped in banana leaves at a supermarket (Photo: vnexpress.net)Hanoi (VNA) – The Straits Times, anEnglish-language daily newspaper based in Singapore, published an article onApril 3 praising an eco-friendly campaign in Vietnam, which has seen localsupermarkets using non-plastic products to wrap vegetables.
Accordingly, the three biggest supermarketchains in Vietnam – Lotte Mart, Saigon Co-op in Ho Chi Minh City, and Big C inHanoi – have begun using banana leaves instead of plastic bags.
Citing information from a Vietnamese newspaper,the article noted that Lotte Mart in Ho Chi Minh City plans to expand the useof banana leaves to its entire national chain later this year, following atrial period in the southern city.
The measure is part of an effort to switch toenvironmentally friendly products, not only for vegetables but also fresh meat.
The company has also sold paper straws and foodboxes made from sugarcane waste, while eggs have been contained in paperpackages instead of plastic boxes.
Big C, meanwhile, is offering shopperscompletely biodegradable bags made of corn powder, it added.
Vietnam is one of Asia’s five worst pollutersof ocean plastic waste, according to international organisations. With 13million tonnes of waste released into the ocean each year, the country ranks17th globally for ocean plastic waste pollution.–VNA
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