CSR-2020

LENDING A HAND TO THE COMMUNITY
Unilever acts
for a green future
On every Saturday, Ms. Khang in Quarter No. 25 on Nguyen Gia Thieu Street in Hanoi City’s Hoan Kiem
District takes a large bag of plastic bottles to a recyclable waste collection site near her house. Her plastic
bottles can be exchanged for different gifts, such as a bottle of dishwasher or a pack of washing powder. She
has never thought that her habit of sorting waste would benefit her like this.
Early this year, Unilever Vietnam has joined hands with SCG, Dow and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to form the first public private
partnership to build the circular-economy model for plastics waste in Vietnam - PHOTO: UNILEVER VIETNAM
She is one of thousands of
residents in Hoan Kiem District
who have since last month been
participating in a program to
segregate waste at source in connection
with collecting and treating plastic waste
in Hanoi, jointly held by Hanoi Urban
Environment Company (URENCO) and
Unilever Vietnam.
In addition to bringing recyclable
waste to “green day” sites every
Saturday to exchange for Unilever’s
products, residents can use the Mgreen
app to choose gifts and set time for
environmental workers to come to their
houses to collect recyclable waste.
Recyclable and non-recyclable waste will be collected and treated separately.
Recyclable plastic waste will be processed to create new products, while nonrecyclable
plastic waste will be treated properly, using available technologies.
In June, Unilever Vietnam and URENCO signed an agreement to conduct a waste
segregation at source program in Hanoi which includes communication & education
for behavior change activities to help residents forming the habit of segregating waste
at source and then followed up by collecting and recycling the waste.
As planned, in 2021, the program will be expanded to four downtown districts
of Hanoi to further establish the habit for the residents and making the city cleaner
everyday.
Besides, the two sides are working on a plan to share the model to other urban
environment companies to expand the program nationwide.
Do Thai Vuong, vice president of sustainable business and communications at
Unilever Vietnam, said the company aims to build a circular-economy model for
plastics, in which plastic waste will be segregated, collected, and recycled to serve
people’s lives. Plastics should be returned back to create values in our economy, not
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