Recognising that plastic waste does not only affect people's life but also causes many negative consequences for the living environment, Muong Chieng commune in Da Bac district has strived to conduct communication work, urging people to reduce and tackle plastic waste.
Teachers of Tuong Doi Commune kindergarten in Muong Chieng commune (Da Bac district) utilise plastic bottles to build a flower garden, creating the landscape for the school.
There was a time when Chieng stream in the centre of Muong Chieng commune was filled with garbage. They included tree branches, plastic bags and bottles of all kinds which were washed away by water from the upstream after the rain. However, the situation has been improved. Thanks to communication campaigns launched by local authorities and agencies on limiting the use of plastic waste and bags in daily life, public awareness on environmental protection has been raised significantly. Throwing litter, especially plastic bags, indiscriminately into the environment no longer exists and areas contaminated by waste have been collected and treated as well.
Many people have become volunteers in environmental protection. Twenty-five additional trash bins and three trash carts have been provided to residential areas near the commune’s centre and central market.
According to Bui Van Huong, Vice Chairman of the Muong Chieng communal People's Committee, in addition to signing a contract with a unit that takes charge of collecting and treating domestic waste, the commune has actively mobilised people to protect the environment and not discharge waste indiscriminately into the environment.
There are many ways to change people's mindset and awareness about protecting the living environment. For example, the commune has encouraged local residents to change their crop structure, planting valuable timber trees such as xoan (Melia azedarach Linn) and bo de (Ficus religiosa) to replace some seasonal crops that use a lot of pesticides such as corn and rice, limiting the source of plastic waste such as nylon packaging during the production process.
A plastic bottle collection campaign has also been launched at schools for recycling.
Seeing waste such as plastic soft-drink bottles thrown into the environment or washed away from the upstream of the Da River, the school had taken an initiative to mobilise parents to collect them and utilise them to make flower pots, creating landscapes or school supplies to serve teaching and learning, said teacher Mui Thi Hao from the Tuong Doi Kindergarten.
By encouraging parents to contribute plastic bottles, the school collects and recycles thousands of plastic bottles each year. This method not only solves difficulties with school supplies but also contributes to educating children about environmental protection awareness, urging parents on joining hands in collecting and treating plastic waste in daily activities.
With the above-mentioned efforts, the Party Committee, authorities and people of Muong Chieng commune strive to fulfil criteria No. 17 relating to the environment in implementing the National Target Programme on building new-style rural areas in the near future, Huong said.
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