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Cambodia 'upcycler' turns tons of plastic bottles into brooms

Cambodia 'upcycler' turns tons of plastic bottles into brooms

In a small warehouse in Cambodia's capital, a group of workers sit and spin waste plastic bottles into strips, turning them into bristles for brooms, of which they churn out 500 each day.
Tourists advised not to take plastic bags to Co To Island

Tourists advised not to take plastic bags to Co To Island

An immediate plastic bag ban is possible

An immediate plastic bag ban is possible

Vietnam to ban single-use plastic bags at malls, supermarkets from 2026

Vietnam to ban single-use plastic bags at malls, supermarkets from 2026

From 2026 supermarkets and stores in shopping malls will not be allowed to pack goods in single-use plastic bags, an environment ministry official has said.
April 20, 2022 | 09:28 pm PT
Stop the flow of Vietnam's plastics into oceans

Stop the flow of Vietnam's plastics into oceans

I shuddered with fear when something slippery wrapped around my leg while I was swimming in the open sea in Con Dao – a remote island in the south of Vietnam.
June 10, 2021 | 04:12 pm PT
First Vietnamese market says no to plastic bags

First Vietnamese market says no to plastic bags

Nhon Market in northern Bac Ninh Province is the country's first market to say no to plastic bags, encouraging customers to bring their own baskets.
December 14, 2019 | 04:45 am PT
Consumption tax proposed as Vietnam struggles to fight plastic bag use

Consumption tax proposed as Vietnam struggles to fight plastic bag use

Plastic bags should be made more expensive so that people can be dissuaded from using them, a deputy minister has proposed.
November 15, 2019 | 12:37 am PT
Public reluctance impedes fight against plastic

Public reluctance impedes fight against plastic

Vietnam seeks to reduce plastic use, but is hampered by people seeing plastic bags as convenient and rampant evasion of plastic tax.  
October 24, 2019 | 04:40 pm PT
Vietnam produces biodegradable plastic bag from waste

Vietnam produces biodegradable plastic bag from waste

Vietnam has started producing biodegradable plastic bags that can break down in less than three years into CO2 and water when buried.
September 24, 2019 | 08:12 pm PT
Vietnam plastic waste problem goes from bad to worse

Vietnam plastic waste problem goes from bad to worse

Vietnamese per capita plastic waste is the third highest in Southeast Asia after increasing more than 10-fold in the last three decades.
September 6, 2019 | 12:03 am PT
A vendor with her campaign fights plastic bag blight

A vendor with her campaign fights plastic bag blight

Tran Thi Bao Huong, a vegetable vendor in an alley of HCMC’s Binh Thanh District, has joined the fight against plastic bags.
August 10, 2019 | 05:26 pm PT
Ha Long Bay to pilot plastic ban on tourism boats

Ha Long Bay to pilot plastic ban on tourism boats

A pilot project will see 15 firms stop using plastic bags, bottled water and wet paper towels on Ha Long Bay.
July 29, 2019 | 07:46 pm PT
Vietnam’s biggest bookstore chain to eschew plastic bags

Vietnam’s biggest bookstore chain to eschew plastic bags

Fahasa will stop using single-use plastic next month and shift to biodegradable bags and paper wrappings.
July 23, 2019 | 01:00 am PT
Seven Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe court over rhino horn stash

Seven Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe court over rhino horn stash

Seven Chinese nationals appeared in a Zimbabwe court Thursday after they were arrested last month with rhino horn pieces worth nearly a million dollars.
January 3, 2019 | 05:54 pm PT
New Year celebrations trash Hanoi pedestrian zone

New Year celebrations trash Hanoi pedestrian zone

Trash littered on streets and sidewalks across the Hoan Kiem Lake area greeted Hanoi on the first day of 2019.
December 31, 2018 | 10:31 pm PT
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