Institute of Waste Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria.
Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre Co. Ltd, Hanoi 11413, Vietnam.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 15;18(8):4203. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084203.
Waste plastic today is a global threat. The rapid increase in global production and use has led to increasing quantities of plastics in industrial and municipal waste streams. While in industrialized countries plastic waste is taken up by a waste management system and at least partly recycled, in low-income countries adequate infrastructure to collect and treat waste adequately is often not in place. This paper analyzes how plastic waste is handled in Vietnam, a country with a fast-growing industry and growing consumption. The recycling of plastic waste typically takes place in an informal context. To demonstrate this in more detail, two rural settlements-so-called craft villages-are taken as case studies. Technologies and processes for plastic recycling are described and related risks for human health and the environment are shown, as well as the potential for the improvement of this situation.
如今，废弃塑料是一个全球性的威胁。全球产量和使用量的迅速增加导致工业和城市废物流中的塑料数量不断增加。在工业化国家，塑料废物由废物管理系统处理，至少部分进行了回收，而在低收入国家，通常没有足够的基础设施来充分收集和处理废物。本文分析了越南这个工业快速发展、消费不断增长的国家如何处理塑料废物。塑料废物的回收通常在非正式的情况下进行。为了更详细地说明这一点，选择了两个农村聚居地，即所谓的工艺村，作为案例研究。本文描述了塑料回收的技术和工艺，并展示了这些技术和工艺对人类健康和环境的相关风险，以及改善这种情况的潜力。
