During the third annual meeting of the Ha Long Cat Ba alliance Leadership Committee, Mr. Darius Postma for Au Co presented the findings back to the Ha Long / Quang Ninh provincial governments and other stakeholders. It was alarming that on the day polystyrene, which is classed as a cacogenic, made up 44% of the total garbage that we collected. Following the meeting the banned the use of polystyrene and called for its replacement.
The Ha Long city People’s committee held a meeting to discuss this issue. As a result, on 26 July 2016, the decision to ban the usage of polystyrene in floating villages and fishing activities around the Ha Long Bay – World Heritage Site was announced.
For more detail about the decision, please read the full article here.
