Hue launches Southeast Asia’s first deposit and return recycling system

  • People experience the model. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    People experience the model. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
  • Students from the Hue University of Sciences take part in a campaign to remove the city's pollution hotspots. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    Students from the Hue University of Sciences take part in a campaign to remove the city's pollution hotspots. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
  • Students from the Hue University of Sciences take part in a campaign to remove the city's pollution hotspots. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    Students from the Hue University of Sciences take part in a campaign to remove the city's pollution hotspots. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
  • The pilot in Hue aims to raise public awareness, particularly among young people, about waste classification at source and responsible consumption, while increasing the recycling rate of plastic packaging. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
    The pilot in Hue aims to raise public awareness, particularly among young people, about waste classification at source and responsible consumption, while increasing the recycling rate of plastic packaging. VNA Photo: Mai Trang
The central city of Hue launched a pilot “Deposit and Return System” (DRS), the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, under the project “Hue – A Plastic Smart City in Central Vietnam" (TVA project) funded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)–Norway through the WWF–Vietnam. The model, widely seen as an effective tool for extended responsibility of producers, requires consumers to pay a small deposit when purchasing bottled or canned beverages, which they will reclaim when returning empty containers to designated collection points. The system will begin operation on September 20, with collection machines placed at the University of Sciences, Hue University and Nera Garden condominium. VNA Photo: Mai Trang

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