Tons ty le keo chau a non-decomposable plastic waste are discarded everyday. This has made serious impacts on the global environment and human health. In order to change this, governments and enterprises in the world have taken a series ty le keo chau a actions to help people turn to using self-decomposed products instead ty le keo chau a plastic ones.
Many policies are adopted to change the plastic usage habits
According to a proposal submitted in the early ty le keo chau a 2018, the U.K Prime Minister Theresa May were encouraging the elimination ty le keo chau a using “avoidable” plastic by 2042. Supermarkets are also motivated to launch “non-plastic” booths. The new plan ty le keo chau a the UK Government was released, aiming at building a greener and cleaner Britain.
In Europe, plastic usage habits is being changed as well. Several governments, including Luxembourg and Denmark, have imposed taxes on disposable bags.
Meanwhile, in German supermarkets, plastic bags and plastics are eliminated and replaced by reusable and more durable materials.
Biodegradable bags are popular
The scientists specified that the sunlight-free decomposition process ty le keo chau a plastic bags can take from 500 to 1,000 years. Even when they have decomposed into the soil, polyethylene will make the soil inert and not keep water and essential nutrients for crops. Because ty le keo chau a containing lead, cadmium,… (in the ink creating colors on packages), plastic bags can damage human brain, which is the major cause ty le keo chau a lung cancer.
These harms make compostable bags become more familiar to citizens ty le keo chau a developed countries like European countries. They systematically used and gradually favored as these products are better for human health and the environment.
Although the concept ty le keo chau a “compostable bag” is quite new in Vietnam, the products are actively welcomed with the desire to change the habit ty le keo chau a using conventional plastic bags into using compostable bags.
Moving forward to reach the same goal ty le keo chau a environmental protection and becoming a green enterprise, AnEco was established at the time when global residents were changing their consumption habits to have greener lifestyles.
AnEco is 100% compostable products manufactured by modern production line ty le keo chau a An Phat Bioplastics., JSC (AAA), a member ty le keo chau a An Phat Holdings.
AnEco 100% compostable product is not only an alternative to conventional plastic bags, but also eco-friendly due to its compostable characteristic. It can tranform into humus fertilizer, water and CO2 within six months ty le keo chau a burrying under the ground as it is “eaten” by soil microorganisms.
The cooperation ty le keo chau a the whole system and citizens
Recently, the Prime Minister has approved the Project on Strengthening the Control ty le keo chau a Environmental Pollution due to The Use ty le keo chau a hardly decomposed Plastic Bags in Daily Life by 2020. Accordingly, by 2020, the volume ty le keo chau a hardly decomposed plastic bags used in supermarkets and malls will be reduced by 65% compared to 2010; the volume ty le keo chau a hardly composed plastic bags used in local markets will be reduced by 50% compared to 2010,…
This will be an important changing step to make Vietnamese environment and citizens become healthier and safer.
