Marine Debris & Plastic Pollution

In Vietnam, economic development, together with urbanization and lifestyle behavior change, have led to a plastic pollution crisis. In the last two decades, this country witnessed a surging increase in plastic use, which grew from 3.8 kg/capita in 1990 to 41 kg/capita in 2015 (MONRE, 2020), and then to 81 kg/capita in 2019 (IUCN-EA-QUANTIS, 2020). Approximately 72% of used plastic becomes waste (equivalent to 58 kg of waste/capita/year). According to the survey result of GreenHub (2021) in World Bank’s project in 10 coastal cities and provinces across Vietnam, 93,6% of waste leaking into the environment is plastic.

Confronting this national crisis, the Vietnam Government has determined to reverse the problem of plastic pollution in general and marine plastic litter in particular. Those determinations are most clearly expressed in the promulgation of the National Action Plan for Management of Marine Plastic Litter by 2030 and the principles, the legal frameworks in the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) mechanism for businesses in Vietnam. Contributing to plastic pollution and marine debris reduction, GreenHub implements campaigns for raising public awareness and strengthening local people’s capacities in plastic waste management, concomitant with researching, evaluating and quantifying marine waste, and plastic pollution, marine debris monitoring program and coastal clean-up campaigns.

9 November, 2018

EPLC

Title: Engaging stakeholders in coastal clean ups campaign for sustainable marine ecosystem in Ha Long city (Quang Ninh province, Vietnam). Location: Ha Long Bay, Ha Long […]
29 October, 2018

GreenHub/GreenBays Project: Composting Organic Waste – An useful solution to Reduce and Recycle waste for households in Ha Long City

From household waste audit activities, in Ha Long city, the amount of organic waste collected accounts for a large proportion (over 50%) of the average amount […]
11 October, 2018

GreenHub/PAN project: Discussion about introducing, sharing, and consulting the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of the Quang Ninh province and relevant provincial departments about the “PAN” project.

On October 10th, GreenHub had a meeting with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the representatives of relevant departments of the Quang Ninh province […]
19 September, 2018
Restaurant and hotel waste audit

GreenHub/Greenbays project: Conduct a trash audit for Hotels and Motels – astonishing results for the managers in Cat Ba, Hai Phong

The ongoing economic development is strongly correlated with the growing problem of waste. Plastic waste is also a contributing factor to the recent increase in solid […]
30 May, 2018

GreenHub/GreenBays Project: Styrofoam situation in Bai Tu Long National Park and GreenHub’s effort to deal with this issue in Quang Ninh province

By: [email protected] Introduction of Bai Tu Long National Park (NP) Bai Tu Long National Park in Quang Ninh province was established under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. […]