Plastic waste

Earth Overshoot Day is a concept that marks the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that the Earth regenerates during the entire year. This year, Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 28, which means on this day, we had used all of the world’s natural resources budget for 2022. Tim Evans, CEO of HSBC Vietnam The date is coming earlier and earlier each year. In 1970, we overshot this threshold two days before the year’s end. This year, we overshot the threshold by 156 days. The truth is we consume a lot and waste a lot. Think about the resources you consumed in the past week: the clothes you bought, the food you ate, the distance you travelled. Think about everything you threw away: single-use plastic items like bags, bottles, coffee cups, straws, boxes, and more. Along with this, the extraction, processing, and manufacture of goods for society account for a staggering 62 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Excess emissions are released … [Read more...] about From waste to wealth: circular economic prospects

Wood pellets (Source: baodautu.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Wood pellets, made from compressed sawdust and forestry wastes, have become a key currency earner of the wood industry, having the great potential to rank in the group of export staples with turnover of over 1 billion USD. Vietnam’s wood pellet export value was just about 145 million USD in 2017 and surged to 413 million USD in 2021. Close to 2.4 million tonnes of the product were shipped overseas in the first half of 2022 for approximately 354 million USD. If the growth is maintained at the current rate, the export turnover may hit around 700 million USD for the entire year. In particular, the product’s export price increased sharply between January and June to an average of nearly 150 USD per tonne, more than 27% higher than the average price in 2021. The use of by-products to make the pellets helps wood factories raise incomes, offsetting the high price of imported raw materials. Currently, Vietnam houses about 300 … [Read more...] about Exports of forestry waste products likely to rake in billions of USD

For the Ring Road No.4 project, the People's Committee of Long An Province directed the Department of Transport to update relevant planning and forecast traffic count to calculate the appropriate scale and technical options. For the section from the 826D intersection to the end of the route, about 9.5km long, the Department of Transport of Long An Province shall review and clarify the basis for the proposal of an urban expressway or an urban arterial road. From there, it will coordinate with the Department of Transport of HCMC to work with the consulting unit to analyze and clarify the advantages and disadvantages of each option and propose a plan to ensure the technical economy and investment efficiency of the project. For the newly opened Northwest road in Binh Chanh District in HCMC that connects with the provincial road 823D in Duc Hoa District in Long An Province, the People's Committee of HCMC has approved the policy of adjusting the road alignment and updating the relevant … [Read more...] about Five roads connecting HCMC, Long An Province to be built soon