The ho chi minh city people's committee has released a detailed plan for the city's plastic waste pollution prevention and control for 2019-2021, mobilizing all state organs, institutions, schools and citizens of the city to participate in the plan.
Plan is the overall goal of campaign against plastic garbage act, and disposable plastic products "say no" activities such as plastic bags, use less difficult decomposition, aims to improve people's understanding, to change their behavior, thus reducing the use of disposable plastic products and difficult decomposition of plastic bags, to reduce the pollution of the environment, maintain a healthy body and protect the ecosystem balance.
Ho chi minh city, in order to realize this goal has been to require organizations and authorities launched against plastic action, let each cadre, civil servants and laborers, members of various organizations and citizens to know more about plastic for economic and social, environmental and health hazards, so as to change habits, reduce the use of disposable plastic products, strengthen the use of environmentally friendly products, etc.
In particular, from August 1, 2019, when it meets the city's various administrative organs, public institutions to reduce the use of disposable plastic products, while reducing the use of disposable water bottles, to use the repeated use of the more than 20 liters of water bottles or use boiling water tool, can be used repeatedly and the use of environmentally friendly materials used containers.
In addition, supermarkets, shopping centers, convenience stores and bookstores will all use environmentally friendly packaging materials to replace hard-to-decompose plastic bags by December 31, 2020.The use of hard-to-break plastic bags by market vendors has been cut by 50%, among other things.
It is not late to use the compostable cultery and biodegradable spoon to protect our earth.