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Consortium launches e-waste recycling programme in Vietnam
April 8, 2015
Consortium launches e-waste recycling programme in Vietnam
The Vietnam Recycling Platform on April 6 launched the Vietnam Recycles programme to collect and recycle used, end-of-life and broken electronic equipments in Viet Nam for free.
The platform is a consortium established by American technology giants Hewlett-Packard and Apple.
The programme helps manufacturers and customers to follow regulations on collecting and recycling of waste, which were issued by the Prime Minister on August 9, 2013, and took effect from January 1, 2015.
It also aims to raise the responsibilities of manufacturers for collecting and recycling end-of-life electronic products and electrical household appliances.
The electronic waste will be recycled in an environment-friendly way to ensure that maximum resources are collected after the recycling.
Since the end of January 2015, the programme has been providing free e-waste collection and recycling services to governmental agencies, organisations and enterprises in Ha Noi and HCM City. From July, the people living in the two largest cities will be offered free services.
Read more at Eco-Business.
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