Don't let trash go to waste by burying it, Vietnam advised

Vietnam should tighten rules on sorting trash and promote recycling to minimize its burial, experts said at a conference Wednesday.

For three decades, 700 households in Minh Khai Village have been making a good living from trash.

Ho Cong Thanh collects discarded stuff from the beach in Hoi An and recycles them.

July 05, 2019 | 08:52 pm GMT+7

Nine corporate biggies have joined hands to recycle packaging materials, aiming at 100 percent recycling by 2030.

June 22, 2019 | 08:02 pm GMT+7

A collection of special coffee shops in Hanoi alleys give a new lease of life to junk – discarded things acquire decorative purpose.

May 20, 2019 | 09:15 pm GMT+7

A school in Cambodia is mostly built out of recycled waste, and collects trash as tuition fee.

October 12, 2018 | 11:22 am GMT+7

Up to five trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year.

June 05, 2018 | 10:30 am GMT+7

Blaming dirty streets on 'irresponsible individuals' is convenient but does nothing to solve the problem.

May 04, 2018 | 08:12 am GMT+7

90 minutes is all it takes for this couple to melt down scrap metal collected by poor farmers and mold it into pots.

January 16, 2018 | 02:22 pm GMT+7

Vietnam's imports of plastic waste rose by 62 percent to 500,000-550,000 tons for 2017.

January 16, 2018 | 09:51 am GMT+7

Vietnam's street food heaven has trouble finding space to dump organic waste, and it's not simply a matter of leftovers.

August 09, 2017 | 12:00 am GMT+7

Southern Japanese city recycles almost all of its household waste.

August 25, 2016 | 10:09 am GMT+7