The campaign is in line with the Roadmap on the Plastic Waste Management, 2018-2030, aimed at tackling the plastic waste problem in Thailand. The Cabinet assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Interior, and the Government Public Relations Department to work with the private sector in conducting the campaign to raise the awareness of consumers and entrepreneurs about the ban on single-use plastic bags. The ban will take effect in 2021. The campaign will be heightened during the four-month period before plastic bags are banned in Bangkok and the 76 other provinces. It is expected to reduce the use of plastic bags significantly. As a result, the reduction will lead to a drop of 225,000 tons of garbage to be disposed of each year. Public organizations will also be able to save 340 million baht per year on waste management. The Pollution Control Department is accelerating the introduction of a law on plastic waste management to be submitted to the … [Read more...] about Ban on single-use plastic bags
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American woman dies after plastic surgery at Saigon clinic
The 59-year-old woman, whose name has not been revealed, registered last Friday for a face-lift procedure at the South Korean-run Kangnam Plastic Surgery Hospital in District 3. Clinical examination results showed that the patient was healthy and had a history of silicone pumping on the cheeks, according to an initial report from the hospital sent to the city’s department of health. The woman was given an anesthetic and went into surgery a day later. The same night, she shows signs of shortness of breath and low blood pressure. Doctors from the clinic tried to resuscitate the woman but failed. The patient was rushed to Cho Ray Hospital in emergency condition. However, she died after two days of hospitalization there. The patient is believed to have suffered anesthetic shock, media reports have said, citing doctors from the Cho Ray Hospital. Police officers are seeking permission from the U.S. Consulate in HCMC to carry out an autopsy to determine the cause of death. It's not the … [Read more...] about American woman dies after plastic surgery at Saigon clinic
From waste to resource: If we are to keep plastics out of the ocean, we must transition to a circular economy
Editor's note: Naina Subberwal Batra is the chairperson and CEO at the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, a Singapore-based non-profit that has offices in 13 countries around the world, including Vietnam. AVPN has over 487 members from 32 countries and undertakes field building activities in Asia while providing a range of networking and learning services to support its members and followers to create meaningful social impact. We are drowning in plastics. Unless we change our behavior, there will be more plastic by weight than fish in the ocean by 2050. Solving this crisis requires us to do more than just banning plastic straws. We need a paradigm shift. We must adopt deep structural changes to our plastic production and consumption patterns in order to move away from the extractive linear model of ‘take, make, use and dispose’ towards a ‘closed-loop’ circular economy – an economy that is intentionally restorative. … [Read more...] about From waste to resource: If we are to keep plastics out of the ocean, we must transition to a circular economy
