Promoting the collection and recycling of domestic solid waste in the industrial park through training and communication activities at VSIP Nghe An Industrial Park.

In November 22, within the framework of the project “TCP moving toward circular economy and enhancing EPR practices in Viet Nam“, with financial support from TCP Vietnam Corporation, IUCN cooperated with VSIP Nghe An Industrial Park, Building Up Sustainability Centre (BUS) to organize a training activity “Management & Classification of domestic solid waste in Industrial Parks” at the Industrial Park. VSIP Nghe An.

With the orientation of developing into a “green and clean” industrial park, VSIP Nghe An has been strengthening activities to better manage domestic solid waste not only among VSIP employees but also towards customers in the industrial park. The training was organized with the participation of more than 50 officials and employees from 19 enterprises in the IZ.

The main objective of the training was to promote the collection and recycling of domestic solid waste and raise awareness among employees at enterprises in VSIP Nghe An industrial park about waste separation at source; update legal documents on solid waste management. In addition, when participating in the program, officials and employees participated in group practice and lively discussions on the development of a communication plan for garbage classification, in order to clearly identify the target audience, the form of application. application, process and supervision,… After the training, the full-time staff can apply and practice in their own enterprises.

Separating domestic solid waste at source in industrial zones will bring benefits to businesses and the environment: reducing costs of collection, transportation, treatment, increasing recycling, and saving natural resources. This is also one of the main goals of the project that IUCN, TCP Vietnam wish to implement to promote solid waste separation at source, increase the rate of recycling collection in industrial parks in Nghe An province, Binh Duong and Hanoi city.