USAID-funded project helps minimise plastic waste in Thua Thien-Hue
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided a non-refundable assistance package worth 53,858 USD for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to implement a project to recycle urban waste.
ThuaThien-Hue (VNA) - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) hasprovided a non-refundable assistance package worth 53,858 USD for the centralprovince of Thua Thien-Hue to implement a project to recycle urban waste.
The two-year project aims to improve the ecological environment and minimisepollution caused by plastic waste in Hue city, rivers and coastal areas of theprovince.
It is also hoped to contribute to raising public awareness of negative effectsof plastic waste on the environment, as well as the importance of promotingefforts to protect the environment.
The project features a workshop on measures to reduce waste on Huong River and waterways,campaigns to collect waste on local beaches, a waste classification programme,and contests to gather initiatives for protecting the environment.
Previously, Truong Son Xanh (GreenAnnamites) Project, also funded by USAID with total investment of nearly 10million USD, was launched in Thua Thien-Hue on April.
The project supports the locality in protectingthe region’s globally significant biodiversity and help local and ethnicminority communities to diversify and improve their livelihoods.
It targets improving the livelihoods of 20,000forest dependent people and the biodiversity of over 400,000 hectares ofnatural forest, mobilising at least 20 million USD in public and privateresources for sustainable livelihoods and forest conservation, and avoidingand/or removing the equivalent of at least 7 million metric tons of carbondioxide from the atmosphere.-VNA
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