POLICY TALK: THE ROLE AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN CLASSIFICATION, COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF PLASTIC WASTE

On the morning of March 11, 2022, the Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) organized “Policy Talk: Women’s Participation and Role in Plastic Waste Management”; The talk is part of the project ” Solutions to Plastic Pollution Through Inclusive Recyling- ASSPIRE” sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, and deployed in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi.


Ms. Chever Voltmer – Director of Plastics Initiative, Ocean Conservancy	Ms. Duong Thi Nga – Head of International Cooperation Department, Union of Science and Technology Associations of Vietnam


Mr. Nguyen Quoc Nam – Vice Chairman, People’s Committee of Nam Tu Liem District	Mr. Nguyen Khac Hung – CEO of Center for Environment and Community Research

The talk had the presence of Ms. Chever Voltmer – Director of Plastics Initiative, Ocean Conservancy, Ms. Duong Thi Nga – Head of International Cooperation Department, Union of Science and Technology Associations. Vietnamese art; Mr. Nguyen Quoc Nam – Vice Chairman, People’s Committee of Nam Tu Liem District more than 50 delegates are domestic and foreign experts, leaders of civil society organizations, researchers, and wards of Nam Tu District Liem.

Mr. Nguyen Thi, Representative of Legal Department, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment with a presentation on “Challenges of plastic waste collection in the circular economy: Role and development trends of waste in garbage collection waste”

Mr. Pham Van Hieu, Head of the Department of Sea and Island Research Institute (VASI), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment with a presentation on “Policy on Plastic waste management and the role of women in collection and recycling waste.”

Ms. Doan Vu Thao Ly, Director of the Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) reported the results of the project

During the talk, the delegates heard about the relationship between gender and waste from the Colombian experience, the national policy of plastic waste management, and the role and challenges of plastic waste collection in the business. resource circular economy. Especially, the results of the project to mobilize the participation of women as informal collectors in waste management in Me Tri have received positive feedback from the delegates.

The results of the seminar gave recommendations to increase the recognition and contribution of women in the direction of a circular economy of resources.

Nguồn: CECR