Vietnam generates nearly 18,000 tons of plastic waste a day: seminar
Statistics that nearly 18,000 metric tons of plastic waste are generated in Vietnam on a daily basis was one of the alarming messages delivered at an event held to observe the Earth Day in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday. On average, one Vietnamese produces around 1.2kg of waste per day, and “16 percent of them is plastic,” Quach Thi Xuan, director of Da Nang Centre for Consultancy on Sustainable Development, said at the seminar held by the Consulate General of the United States in Ho Chi Minh City.
Ngoc Dong
