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Vietnam to build first eco-plastic plant

Xinhua, June 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

The first eco-plastic plant in Vietnam, a Vietnam-China joint project, will be built in the southern province of Long An, Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday.

Nguyen Hoang Duy, Director of Vietnam Plastic House Company, said the firm and its Chinese partner, a biodegradable plastics company in Guangzhou, will coordinate the plant's construction worth more than 10 million U.S. dollars. The joint project will help Vietnam produce compostable plastic bags using domestic materials, Duy said.

The plant makes bio-plastic particles from wheat flour and hopes it will gradually replace traditional materials. Once operational, it will turn out approximately 3,000 tons of bags each year.

By 2020, the project hopes to reduce the use of non- biodegradable nylon bags by 65 percent in supermarkets. Endi