Nghe An launches campaign for women to join hands in sorting waste at source and limiting the use of plastic bags
The launching ceremony of "Women join hands to classify waste at source and limit the use of plastic bags" aims to change the behavior of Nghe An women, limit the use of plastic bags, and protect the environment.
On the afternoon of June 4, in Hoang Mai town, the Standing Committee of the Women's Union of Nghe An province organized a launching ceremony for "Women join hands to classify waste at source and limit the use of plastic bags".
This is an activity in response to World Environment Day on June 5, 2024 with the theme "Land restoration, drought and desertification prevention"; at the same time, continuing the implementation of the Project "Propaganda, mobilization, and support for women to participate in sorting and treating waste at source and limiting the use of plastic bags in Nghe An province, period 2023-2027".
Attending the launching ceremony were members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - President of the Women's Union of Nghe An province and Le Truong Giang - Secretary of the Town Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Hoang Mai town; along with a large number of cadres, members and women of Hoang Mai town.
Currently, the human living environment is facing many challenges; including environmental pollution from plastic waste. Vietnam is considered one of the countries with a high consumption of plastic in daily life such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic cups, plastic bowls, plastic spoons, plastic straws, plastic toys, etc. These products are characterized by a long decomposition time, up to hundreds, thousands of years, affecting the land, water resources and natural ecosystems.
Especially when handled improperly, especially burning plastic waste, it will produce toxic substances such as dioxins and furans, which pollute the air, cause poisoning, affect the endocrine system, reduce immunity, cause cancer, etc.
Faced with the increasingly popular and increasing use of plastic products, with responsibility to the social community, in recent times, the Women's Union at all levels in the province has actively coordinated with departments, branches and localities to implement many movements and activities to limit the use of plastic bags, fight against plastic waste along with activities of sorting waste at source, planting trees, cleaning the environment, building models of "5 no, 3 clean"...
In order to practically respond to World Environment Day on June 5 and continue to effectively implement the Project "Propaganda, mobilization, and support for women to participate in classifying and treating waste at source and limiting the use of plastic bags in Nghe An province, period 2023-2027"; at the launching ceremony, the leaders of the Provincial Women's Union called on cadres, members, women and each person in the community to actively practice environmental protection with practical actions.
Women's Unions at all levels in the province continue to propagate and raise awareness in conjunction with building effective models, creating changes in actions among cadres, members, women and people to properly classify and collect household solid waste at source; limit the use of plastic bags in daily life; build and maintain models of using products to replace plastic bags; actively recycle and reuse plastic waste; treat organic waste with microorganisms to create natural fertilizer sources, contributing to improving the quality and restoring the soil, reducing environmental pollution.
On the other hand, create awareness among cadres, members and people about using water economically and effectively; practice measures to save and protect water resources in production and daily activities; measures to prevent and combat heat, drought, water shortage and saltwater intrusion.
Women's Unions at all levels in the province actively mobilize cadres, members, women, and people to plant trees, associated with the organization of building movements and models of planting green roads; green offices; green public areas... Building and maintaining effective environmental protection practice models such as waste classification; recycling, reuse; planting trees suitable to the situation in localities.
Regarding the responsibility of the Provincial Women's Union, it will continue to strengthen communication and propaganda activities to raise women's awareness in environmental protection; proactively research, contribute, and propose appropriate policies for women to effectively participate in environmental protection activities.
At the launching ceremony, the Women's Union of Hoang Mai town launched the online contest "Women join hands to protect the environment"; organized a commitment signing with the Women's Unions of communes and wards to respond to environmental protection activities and launched a general clean-up of the marine environment in Quynh Phuong ward.