Actively respond to the Clean Up the World Campaign

The Clean Up the World campaign was launched globally by the United Nations Environment Programme in 1993 and is held annually in the third week of September. This is an activity to improve the effectiveness of environmental protection, while calling on individuals, groups and communities to take practical actions to reduce pressure on nature and the environment, towards the goal of developing a circular economy and sustainable development.

Leaders of the Environmental Protection Department (Department of Natural Resources and Environment) and the Provincial Farmers' Association handed over waste sorting tools and rubber trash containers to members of the Farmers' Association of Vinh Hoa commune, Vinh Linh district. Photo: LK

In response to the Clean Up the World Campaign 2024, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Tri province has developed a communication plan and organized response activities from the 3rd week of September 2024. In particular, promoting the dissemination of regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 and detailed documents guiding the implementation of the law, especially the mandatory regulation on waste classification at source no later than December 3, 2024 (in Clause 1, Article 79 and Clause 1, Article 75 - Law on Environmental Protection 2020). Integrating the content of circular economy, green economy, sustainable development in the development and implementation of socio-economic development plans of localities, agencies and units.

Continue to launch community movements such as environmental sanitation, tree planting, environmental improvement and restoration in urban areas, residential areas and neighboring areas, especially on lakes, rivers, canals and ditches; clean up the sea and coastal areas, focusing on collecting and recovering products made from plastic, packaging, and hard-to-decompose nylon bags and transporting them to recycling and treatment sites according to regulations; hand over cleaned beaches and coastal areas to responsible organizations and units for management to prevent recurrence of marine environmental pollution.

Strengthening propaganda, dissemination and education on environmental protection in training programs to raise awareness, consciousness and responsibility of the community in protecting, preserving and ensuring environmental sanitation in the area, classifying waste at source, minimizing waste generation, increasing reuse and recycling of waste, refusing to use disposable plastic products and hard-to-decompose nylon bags, encouraging the development and use of environmentally friendly alternative products. Coordinate with management agencies to carry out propaganda on control and monitoring activities for areas with many concentrated waste sources in industrial parks, industrial clusters, craft villages, river basins, and environmental pollution hotspots; controlling pollution and improving air quality.

As of September 20, 2024, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has deployed propaganda and mobilized people to classify domestic solid waste at source in Vinh Hoa commune, moving towards widespread propaganda and implementation throughout Vinh Linh district.

In particular, a pilot model for classifying and treating domestic solid waste and plastic waste was built for 250 members of the Farmers' Association of Vinh Hoa commune to propagate and guide the implementation of classifying domestic solid waste at source and recycling, minimizing plastic waste.

Maintain the model to create a habit of waste classification in the daily life of members and households, thereby reducing the cost of waste collection and treatment, turning plastic waste and recyclable waste into resources with the goal of having 100% of members participate in proper and regular classification during the period of supporting the implementation of the model and at least 80% of family members maintain waste classification after the end of support activities.

Up to now, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment has coordinated with the authorities and mass organizations in Vinh Hoa commune to organize training courses on the process of classifying domestic solid waste, collecting plastic waste and treating food waste at source. Handing over waste classification tools and rubber flower pots to members...

The model is implemented based on the coordination and voluntary participation of members to bring about positive results.

Especially when people participating in the model are aware of the important role and significance of waste classification, thereby creating a spreading effect in the community. This is one of the practical activities of the Natural Resources and Environment sector actively responding to the Campaign to Make the World Cleaner in 2024.

Lam Khanh

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/tich-cuc-huong-ung-chien-dich-lam-cho-the-gioi-sach-hon-188746.htm