The sixth annual Waste Recycling Day was held in Ho Chi Minh City on
April 14 in a bid to raise public awareness of the 3Rs – reducing,
reusing and recycling – in schools.
Organised by
the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the event
attracted thousands of students and young people from every corner of
the city.
An array of activities were held during
the day, including guiding people how to classify solid waste and make
paper bags to replace plastic ones, an exhibition of environmentally
friendly recycling technologies and products, an exchange of second-hand
goods, and a contest on making clothes from waste materials.
Especially, an area where hazardous household and recyclable waste is
collected drew much attention with harmful waste being exchanged with
gifts.
According to organisers, the annual event
aims to encourage schools and pupils to adopt the 3Rs in schools to save
natural resources and protect the environment.
It
also draws public participation in realising a strategy to turn HCM
City into an environmentally friendly and sustainably developed city
by 2020.-VNA