CSR-2020

SPREADING THE CSR SPIRIT
The Duy Tan Plastics Recycling Factory.
PLASTICS
Choosing the rocky path,
for the good of the environment
Translating corporate social responsibility (CSR) principles into practical actions, Duy Tan, a plastics
company in Vietnam, in its own way, has been striving to build a greener living environment to not
only improve the living standards of residents but also benefit the country’s economy. Though rocky,
the path it travels will benefit the environment strongly.
BUILD A RECYCLING PLANT
Treating waste in general and plastic waste in general
remains a headache and is an urgent task of all countries
in the world. Aware that protecting the environment is the
social responsibility of residents and enterprises, Duy Tan has
decided to take a tough path, spending up to US$60 million
investing in a plastic recycling plant to help with plastic waste
reduction.
Apart from securing professional staff and finding suitable
technology for the operation of the facility, Duy Tan has
established a network of agents purchasing used bottles to
minimize plastic waste pollution.
“Manufacturing plastic products from imported plastic
grains needs simple processes of operating machines, while
it is much more difficult to recycle used plastic bottles as all
the machines in the production line must be synced with one
another,” says Le Anh, vice president at Duy Tan.
Besides careful calculation and meticulousness, the divisions
and departments of the firm from the engineering and research
divisions to its sales department have to closely collaborate
with each other to bring about high efficiency, he adds.
This is the first plant of its kind in Vietnam to apply the ‘Bottle
to Bottle” recycling technology, which means plastic grains are
produced from used plastic bottles for new bottles.
“Developing the plastics recycling plant, which is located in
Long An Province’s Duc Hoa District, is one of the firm’s major
strategic goals in 2020,” says Le Anh. That is the reason why
Mr. Tran Duy Hy, general director of the company, managed to
acquire 65,000 square meters of land in an industrial zone in
Long An many years ago in preparation for the recycling plant.
PUT MORE EFFORT IN ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
Duy Tan has cooperated with over 80 standard agents to
purchase, classify and package used plastic bottles to secure
inputs for the production of its plant.
In the first phase of the facility, Duy Tan buys 60 tons of used
bottles each day. The volume of used bottles purchased by
the firm reaches up to 22,000 tons each year, which is highly
meaningful when it comes to environmental protection.
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