The figures were highlighted in a Pre-Feasibility Study on a DRS tailored for single-use beverage packaging in Vietnam, conducted by Eunomia Research & Consulting.

With a processing capacity of 2,250 tonnes of waste per day and night and 37MW of power generated, Seraphin is designed to process all waste collected at the Xuan Son landfill, where an average of 1,500 tonnes of waste from 12 districts and Son Tay township is received daily.

A primary measure to reach this goal is the closure of landfill sites still operating with open dumping systems.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment called on local governments to vigorously promote the Waste Aware Lifestyle Movement as part of the efforts to transform the waste management paradigm in the country.

Acting Governor of Indonesia's Jakarta Teguh Setyabudi on December 27 said that the city will discharge additionally 150 tonnes of waste during the coming New Year’s Eve, about 20 tonnes more than that of 2024.

The Philippines expects its "Extended Producer Responsibility" (EPR) that came into force last year will help it curb plastic waste.

A 5-MW waste-to-energy facility, the first of its kind in the southern province of Binh Duong became operational on January 12.

The Ham Long Research and Support Centre for Social Work (HLC) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on September 13 organised a workshop to kick off a project to develop and pilot a model on classifying and recycling wastes in the central city of Hue.

Vietnam pledged to continue the environmentally-friendly management of hazardous chemicals and waste, and reducing waste based on the principles of a circular economy.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam have handed over six electric trucks to the People's Committee of Hue city to use for waste collection, helping the green transformation and carbon and methane reduction of the transport sector.

Vietnamese localities need experience and collaboration from international partners in environmental protection and sustainable development, and French investors are considered credible partners, an official from Ho Chi Minh City has said.

The circular economy has begun to gain traction in Việt Nam for its potential to optimise resource use, stabilise supply, and offer competitive advantage opportunities for businesses.

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has signed a regulation that details new safety and security requirements for businesses seeking to mine nuclear materials in the country, The Jakarta Post reported.

As nearly one million tonnes of aquaculture waste are discarded annually, some firms have begun to seek ways to reclaim the waste and prevent it from posing a risk to the environment.

According to the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020, organisations and individuals are responsible for reducing and classifying single-use plastic waste, and not disposing plastic waste directly into rivers and oceans

A large quantity of agricultural by-products is produced every year, but a majority of it is treated as waste and dumped or burned.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the centre for Supporting Green Development and PRO Vietnam have donated 54 ‘green houses’ (dust bins made from reform plastic) and waste classification tools to Hoi An City’s Women’s Union to boost recycling and zero plastic waste in the community.

While affirming the role of extended producer responsibility (EPR) in supporting waste treatment and the circular economy is closely linked to each other, many experts believed that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) needs to come up with a roadmap for the implementation of EPR.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has urged cities and provinces to take measures in environmental protection and the treatment of COVID-19-related waste.

Thanks to strict implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures, the volume of daily domestic waste in Hanoi has decreased by about 10% compared to the pre-pandemic time.