Workshop raises public awareness of environmental protection A workshop on plastics, garbage and the life cycle of a product was held in Hanoi on January 26 to raise public awareness of environmental protection. Director of the Live & Learn Centre Do Van Nguyet said the event provides a platform to review changes in waste treatment, green practices and environmental protection initiatives. Chau Ngoc Cam Van, Vice Secretary of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment, told a story about a journey to save paper milk boxes, which were collected by young people to transfer to a recycling plant to produce pulp and ecological roofing sheets from aluminum and plastics. Some 15 billion paper milk boxes are used nationwide each year, equivalent to 150,000 tonnes which could be recycled into books and notebooks, print papers and carton boxes. However, due to their low value and foul smell, recycling remains limited, she said. Le Hoang Phuong from … [Read more...] about Social News 28/1