Vietnam will ban the use of all plastic bags from 2030, including those in wet markets, it was reported today.

The country has also set a target of using 100 percent environmentally-friendly bags, at commercial centres and supermarkets by 2025, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, was quoted as reporting.

A survey by the ministry’s Institute of Strategy and Policy on National Resources and Environment showed that, up to 104,000 single-use plastic bags are used at Vietnam’s supermarkets each day, equivalent to 38 million bags a year.

Vietnam consumes about 3.9 million tonnes of plastic per year, while only 1.28 million tonnes of plastic are recycled, according to a report by the World Bank.

Plastics are commonly used in a wide range of industries in the country, including packaging, consumer goods, electronics, automotives, aviation, textiles, and agriculture, it said

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK