The project is aimed at the following objectives and results:
o Overall objective :
- Up to 2022, all stakeholders from local authorities, social organizations, businesses and communities in Phan Thiet city, Tuy Phong and Phu Quy districts will enhance awareness, change behaviors for sorting waste at sources. Single-use plastic products, non-biodegradable plastic bags will be decreased (towards no plastic bags and single-use plastic products) by implementation of policies and activities on reducing waste flows from the land and on-the-sea operation into the environment.
o Specific objectives :
- Capacity is improved and awareness raised about integrated domestic waste management and zero ocean plastic waste.
- Models on integrated domestic waste management and pilot ocean plastic waste reduction are implemented in three districts/cities: Phan Thiet, Phu Quy and Tuy Phong in Binh Thuan province.
- Solutions for integrated domestic waste management and zero marine plastic wastes in Phan Thiet city and Tuy Phong & Phu Quy districts are proposed/recommended.
o Specific expected results include:
i. Capacity improved and awareness raised about integrated domestic waste management and zero ocean plastic waste.
- A group of communicators on domestic waste management trained and operated to coordinate waste reduction and zero marine plastic waste movements and programmes in the localities of Phan Thiet city, Phu Quy and Tuy Phong districts.
- Awareness, knowledge and skills are enhanced for the communities, local government officials and businesses on waste segregation and replacement of single-use plastic products, including non-biodegradable nylon bags, moving toward not using nylon bags and single-use plastic products.
- Strengthened enforcement of central and local regulations on domestic solid waste management in the area of environment protection. Lessons, experiences are shared and the project?s results are widely replicated to other localities.
ii. Models on integrated domestic waste management and pilot ocean plastic waste reduction implemented in three districts/cities: Phan Thiet, Phu Quy and Tuy Phong in Binh Thuan province.
- Models of fishing boats at Phan Thiet and Lien Huong ports and tourist vessels (from Lien Huong town to Hon Cau island), Tuy Phong district
+ 100 fishing boats and 4 tourist vessels implement segregating wastes at source into 2 categories: non-biodegradable and recyclable wastes.
+ Domestic wastes regularly collected at the port, fishing wharf and transported for treatment.
+ 100% of participating tourist vessels do not use plastic bags and non-biodegradable plastic products.
- Model for segregating domestic wastes at source and not using ocean plastic wastes along Nguyen Dinh Chieu Coastal Global Citizen Route, Phan Thiet City
+ Nguyen Dinh Chieu Tourist Route becomes the model for environment protection.
+ Tourists and 100% local tourist agents, businesses implement sorting waste at source.
+ 100% tourist resorts, tourist agents and businesses commit to not using single-use plastic products and non-biodegradable nylon bags.
- Model for collecting and segregating domestic wastes and reducing ocean plastic wastes in the residential area of Binh Thanh commune, Tuy Phong district.
+ 565 households and 35 tourist businesses in Bình Th?nh commune participate in waste collection and sorting at source
+ 100% of the participating local households do not throw rubbish incidentally on the road, into the sea and use environmentally friendly plastic products.
- Model for developing an integrated domestic waste management and zero ocean plastic waste plan in Tuy Phong
+ Awareness of environment protection and ocean wase plastic reduction increased for 100% local residents in 06 coastal communes/towns of Phuoc The, Lien Huong, Binh Thanh, Chi Cong, Hoa Minh, and Phan Ri Cua.
- Model for recyclable plastic collection groups based on waste sorting at source to improve local people?s livelihoods in Phu Quy district
+ 03 groups of recyclable plastics collectors (consisting of at least 12 women members) is established and put into operation in 03 communes.
+ The revolving loan fund is established and operated to help improve the livelihoods of female waste traders.
- Model on A circular economy and domestic waste segregation at Ngo Quyen High School, Phu Quy district
+ 860 students and teachers participate in sorting wastes at source, composting, and planting trees in the experimental garden.
+ The circular economy and the journey of wastes is understood by the students who then adopt the ecological lifestyle.
- Model on domestic waste collection and sorting at source for composting in the residential area of My Khe village, Tam Thanh commune, Phu Quy district.
+ 150 participating households participate in sorting domestic wasted at source into three categories
+ The model is widely replicated and deployed across the district.
+ A manually composting work station is established at the landfill and operated by the Public Works Management Board.
+ The Pro-poor Women Fund is effectively operated to support poor women in the commune
iii. Solutions for integrated domestic waste management and zero marine plastic waste in Phan Thiet city and Tuy Phong & Phu Quy districts are proposed/recommended, specifically:
- A Decision is in place to issue the Plan for Integrated Management of Domestic Waste and Marine Plastic Waste in Phu Quy, Tuy Phong districts and Phan Thiet city.
- Plans and regulations are issued on integrated management of plastic wastes from fishing ships and tourism vessels in Binh Thuan province.
- Prelimary and Final Project Review Workshops are respectively conducted and participated by local communities, authorities at all levels (district/commune), specialized agencies (provincial/district) and relevant organizations and individuals.
- 01 publication/case study on project results achieved and hand-on experiences learnt are produced, 02 reports/articles posted in websites or newspapers/magazines, 02 TV documentations made on project models.