In recent days, implementing the direction of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the People's Committee of Soc Trang province on organizing activities in response to the Month of Action for the Environment and World Environment Day on June 5, 2023 with the theme "Solutions to plastic pollution", the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Soc Trang province has joined with departments, branches, socio-political organizations, unions and People's Committees of districts, towns and cities of Soc Trang province to organize many practical activities in response.
Mr. Pham Van Tung - Head of the Department of Environmental Protection of Soc Trang province said: World Environment Day 2023 was launched by the United Nations Environment Program with the theme "Solutions to plastic pollution" and the slogan "Fighting plastic pollution". In response to this event, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Soc Trang province has coordinated with relevant agencies and units to promote propaganda work to raise awareness and responsibility of cadres, civil servants, public employees and people in building a sustainable lifestyle in harmony with nature; at the same time, increase recycling, reuse, promote green economy, circular economy and sustainable development.
According to Mr. Pham Van Tung, in addition to coordinating with relevant agencies and units to promote propaganda about the purpose and meaning of World Environment Day 2023, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Soc Trang province also deployed many practical activities in response such as: organizing rallies, hanging propaganda banners at the headquarters of agencies, schools, parks; supporting trash bins for coastal districts and towns; launching a campaign to collect plastic waste; organizing a contest with the theme "defeating plastic waste".
Along with that, socio-political organizations and unions of Soc Trang province have also organized many meaningful and practical projects and tasks to respond to the Month of Action for the Environment and World Environment Day 2023. For example: Soc Trang Provincial Youth Union mobilized hundreds of youth union members to collect garbage, clear drainage, remove illegal advertising and classified signs; at the same time, instructing 1,200 households to classify household waste at source, limit the use of plastic bags in daily life, contributing to preventing and limiting pollution from plastic waste, and improving environmental quality.
In addition, the districts of Chau Thanh, Thanh Tri, etc. have also organized many activities to call on civil servants, public employees, workers and people to join hands and contribute to effectively implementing movements to classify household waste at source, fight against plastic waste, and contribute to protecting the local environment to become increasingly green - clean - beautiful.
According to Mr. Thai Hong Ha - Deputy Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Chau Thanh district, in response to the Month of Action for the Environment and World Environment Day 2023, from the beginning of June 2023 to present, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has coordinated with associations, communes and towns to organize many environmental protection and anti-plastic waste activities with the participation of a large number of members and people in the district; At the same time, Chau Thanh district has also deployed and expanded a number of waste classification models at households, limiting the use of plastic bags and hard-to-decompose foam boxes to protect the environment.
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