dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-13T15:33:14Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-13T15:33:14Z
dc.date.issued	2021-06
dc.description.abstract	In response to a request from the Government of Vietnam, this World Bank study was conducted from July 2020 to April 2021 to deepen knowledge about the different plastic waste types leaking into rivers and the ocean in Vietnam and identify their market alternatives for potential substitution. This report summarizes three diagnostics: field surveys on riverbanks, and at coastal sites to determine the extent of plastic pollution, and the top 10 polluting items; remote sensing and net trawl surveys that monitored plastic waste in, and alongside, waterways that flow into the ocean; and a preliminary analysis of alternatives to Vietnam’s most-polluting plastic items. Key messages include: plastic waste was by far the most abundant type of waste collected in the field surveys; take-away food packaging waste was the most abundant source of plastic waste found in the field surveys followed by fisheries-related waste and household-related waste; and the Clean Coast Index (CCI) measurement, which is a tool to assess relative coastal cleanliness, showed that 71 percent of the coastal sites surveyed were extremely dirty. The objective of the diagnostics was to deepen knowledge about the different plastic waste types leaking into rivers and the ocean in Vietnam, and identify and analyze their market alternatives for potential substitution. The field and river monitoring surveys aimed to identify the priority plastic items (i.e. the top 10 polluters) to inform subsequent analysis of targeted measures for phasing out low-value plastic items. The objective was to identify the quantities and types of plastic waste, and the key locations where the waste is entering Vietnam’s waterways. The overarching goal of the surveys was to inform government agencies, mobilize their buy-in to solve plastic waste problems, build their capacity, and develop local relationships.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099731406282241639/P1673070d02f2c0be080740356b6b0e3deb
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/37693
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/37693
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC : World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	East Asia and Pacific Region, Marine Plastics Series;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	PLASTIC POLLUTION
dc.subject	WASTE CATEGORIZATION
dc.subject	BRAND AUDIT
dc.subject	SURVEY LOCATIONS
dc.subject	COASTAL SITES
dc.subject	INTEGRATED PLASTICS TRANSPORT
dc.title	Vietnam : Plastic Pollution Diagnostics	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Vietnam : Plastic Pollution Diagnostics
okr.date.disclosure	2022-06-28
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T12:16:53.360810Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2022-07-07T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Other Environmental Study
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099731406282241639/P1673070d02f2c0be080740356b6b0e3deb
okr.guid	099731406282241639
okr.guid	099731506282258321
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	33854023
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	33854023
okr.identifier.report	173135
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099731406282241639/pdf/P1673070d02f2c0be080740356b6b0e3deb.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	Viet Nam
okr.topic	Environment::Environmental Protection
okr.topic	Environment::Environmental Strategy
okr.topic	Environment::Pollution Management & Control
okr.unit	EAP ENR PM 2 (SEAE2)

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