Joint hands to protect environment

Early June 3, at University of Thu Dau Mot, Department of Natural Resources and Environment organized a commemorating ceremony of World Environment Day 2018. Participating the event was Mai Hung Dung, the member of Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee cum permanent Deputy Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee and leaders of some departments and agencies, and leaders of enterprises having technologies of lean production and waste recycling, and nearly 1,000 students of senior high schools, colleges, and universities in the province along with majority of the public.

Mai Hung Dung (second from the right), the member of member of Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee cum permanent Deputy Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee and delegates have a look on participating stalls at the World Environment Day 2018. Photo: Xuan Thi

This year’s World Environment Day (June 5) was against plastic wastes holding the message of recycling.

Contribution by the community

Presently at the Thu Dau Mot University, Nguyen Thi Thanh Khiet, in Chanh My Ward, Thu Dau Mot Town, is eagerly waiting for a plastic bottle to receive gifts from the organizers of the celebration of the Lunar New Year. Khiet shared, she spent the whole week collecting nearly 30kg of plastic bottles thrown away near her home in response to the ceremony today. She was given 20 vouchers to exchange milk and household items.

And Tran Thanh Tam, Phu Hoa Ward, Thu Dau Mot Town also took nearly a month to collect more than 10kg of nylon bags in the residential area to bring to the ceremony of redeeming. When the students shared plastic waste, the nylon took a thousand years to decompose, causing a great risk of environmental pollution for generations to come, she said worried about the habit of shopping When buying a few green onions the seller comes with a bag of nylon for her as well as other customers. This habit is causing significant harm to the surrounding environment.

GS Battery's attendance at the ceremony is very familiar to many people in the province, because the company actively withdraws old batteries for recycling. According to company leaders, using batteries without proper treatment of hazardous substances will pollute the soil and water. Therefore, over the years, the company has been actively participating in World Environment Day activities to encourage people to bring their old batteries in exchange for gifts.

Green attending the ceremony also attracts many visitors. Here, people are enjoying the food made of clean materials, the organic products that are friendly to the environment.

Pham Danh, Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said that from "green" to "green" is very necessary. This year's World Environment Day sent a very clear message to the community. Items like nylon bags, plastic bottles look harmless but these are very difficult to break down. If not recycled, recycled nylon waste, plastic waste will pose global pollution risks, undermine the economic development of the country, causing the risk of poverty. Therefore, the propaganda on the impact of nylon and plastic waste has been actively deployed; The scope and content of the propaganda has been expanded from schools, factories to residential areas, residences, etc. to raise awareness for everyone, because nylon and plastic items are being used very popularly and number Consume a lot in daily living.

Impressive recycling technologies

The industry and urban areas in Binh Duong are strong, so the pressure on solid waste and daily life waste is high. Currently, garbage in production and daily activities are being collected and handled; The problem of waste management is also being gradually solved by the province.

Participating in the celebration of World Environment Day this year, Binh Duong Water and Environment Joint Stock Company has a booth of organic fertilizer products called Con Voi, from the Solid Waste Treatment Complex of Nam Binh Duong Company. This product is gradually winning the hearts of customers. From domestic waste, through advanced processing technology, waste becomes a valuable resource to create products for clean agriculture that Binh Duong is looking forward to. Elephant fertilizer is being used by many farmers to take care of coffee, pepper, rubber, dragon fruits. In addition to nylon garbage, plastic garbage, solid waste is processed by the company to produce tile products, ceramic tiles, partitions etc. for construction works.

At the booth introducing the technology of making composite materials from fresh coconut fiber and waste plastic, many people visit and appreciate how to do this. According to Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Director of the Department of Science and Technology, the use of fresh coconut fiber and nylon bags - waste materials, made into composites used in the construction industry, interior materials and furniture. It is a very new and necessary technology for environmental protection. This technology solves the problem of byproducts from fresh coconuts, as well as waste nylon bags, which reduces the cost of treating the environment. In addition, this technology creates new products for the construction industry; Customers have more choice of products with both fit. This technology will bring many economic benefits, helping farmers gain more income from coconut trees.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Mai Hung Dung, Standing Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that awareness of the problem of increasing pollution caused by solid waste, plastic waste, throughout Binh Duong province, many solutions have been implemented to increase the rate of waste collection and treatment. Typically, the province has approved the master plan for solid waste management and treatment in Binh Duong province up to 2030, approving the project on consolidation of the solid waste management system in the province; Issue regulations on solid waste management in the province.

Mai Hung Dung called for all people to change their habits and make good living "green", contributing to preserve natural resources and protect the environment. The thing to do right now is that people need to restrict or stop using plastic items once; Use bags, shopping bags repeatedly when shopping. For businesses, there should be more responsibility for the environment; To regularly review, inspect and evaluate environmental hazards and incidents in production and business activities ... and encourage the business community to use clean technologies and recyclable materials.

Reported by Xuan Vi – Translated by Vi Bao