Phu Quoc island in Southern Vietnam getting worse on waste management

Phu Quoc island in Southern Vietnamese Kien Giang province is another of the destinations facing a huge waste control absence for years.

While real estate developers and hospitality management companies keep building and operating dozens of properties, zero waste solutions of any kind had been in place.

Dirty beaches on each side of the island, no waste water controls and zero solid waste recycling programs in place are just some of the reality in the island. Huge landfills found with barefoot kids and old grandpas collect items between flies and lamentable conditions.

Solutions had been offered for years without any public or private sector care at all: circularity of products, recycling plants, procurement ethical principles from end users & visitors must bring regenerative tourism to #PhuQuoc, otherwise #Vietnam keep losing once again.

Never too late to make a better Vietnam.

https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20220816/waste-treatment-on-vietnams-phu-quoc-island-raises-concern/68606.html

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