Toward a National Single-use Plastics Roadmap in Vietnam : Strategic Options for Reducing Priority Single-use Plastics
The government of Vietnam has set ambitious targets for reducing marine plastic litter. In its National Action Plan for Management of Marine Plastic Litter by 2030, Vietnam’s government committed to cutting marine plastic litter by 50 and 75 percen...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099735106282212157/P1673070495c5c0870b80f063b827028ce2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37692 |
| Summary: | The government of Vietnam has set
ambitious targets for reducing marine plastic litter. In its
National Action Plan for Management of Marine Plastic Litter
by 2030, Vietnam’s government committed to cutting marine
plastic litter by 50 and 75 percent, respectively, by 2025
and 2030. Reducing plastics pollution requires a
three-pillar pathway that aligns with the 2021 ASEAN
Regional Action Plan for Combatting Marine Debris in the
ASEAN Member States (2021–2025). Pillar 1: Reduce Inputs
into the System focuses on upstream measures such as
reducing the use of single-use, low-value plastics. Pillar
2: Enhance Collection and Minimize Leakage focuses on
improving solid waste management systems and putting
extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy reforms in
place. Pillar 3: Create Value for Waste Reuse focuses on the
development of markets for plastics recycling and reuse.
This report specifically focuses on Pillar 1: Reduce Inputs
in the System and provides policy options for how to reduce
single use plastics (SUPs). However, significant progress on
all three pillars is needed to achieve the ambitious
commitments in Vietnam’s National Action Plan for Management
of Marine Plastic Litter by 2030. Policies for Pillars 2 and
3 do not tackle reducing SUP consumption, directly; instead,
they focus more on sustainable alternatives and waste
management. The objective of this report is to present
short-term policy options for Vietnam’s government to
consider implementing over the next five years (2022–2026)
to achieve significant reduction in the use of single-use
plastics. This report summarizes a broad range of policies
for eliminating SUPs that include restricting the
distribution of SUPs, charging fees when SUPs are used, and
banning certain SUPs, and it includes a roadmap for how to
implement the proposed policies. In order avoid disruptive
economic impacts, the roadmap recommends reducing SUPs in
phases, which begin with restrictions and fees, and then
gradually progress toward total bans. |
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