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Our World Today

Vietnam is in the top 05 ocean polluters with about 1.8 million tons of plastic waste generated to the ocean each year.

There are more than 700 species of marine creatures affected by plastic waste annually.

By the end of 2050, it is estimated that the amount of plastic waste would outweigh the amount of fish in the ocean.

Under physical impacts, plastic products degrade into small particles with the size smaller than 5mm, called microplastics, which have been found in seafood, water, air,… Each of us may be ingesting about 5 grams of microplastics a week.

8,800,000 +

8.8 million tons of plastic waste to the ocean each year

2,000,000 plastic bags used
every minute

500,000,000 plastic straws used every day

14,000,000 foam boxes used every year

300,000,000,000 plastic bottles produced in the last 10 years

About iChange and iChange Plastics

iChange Plastics is the first campaign in the series of iChange project aiming to raise public awareness of the effects of plastic pollution on human lives and the environment and build a Vietnamese community willing to join hands in minimizing and eliminating single-use plastic products in daily lives such as plastic bags, plastic straws, styrofoam, plastic cutlery, etc.

Goal

By the end of 2023, the consumption of single-use plastics in Ho Chi Minh City will be reduced by 50%

Strategy - Approaching Directions

To fulfill our goals, we have 3 main approaches:

Raise public awareness, inspire the community to join hands in changing behaviors of using single-use plastics.

Consult and connect the enterprise community to provide alternatives and technological solutions.

Motivate the changes in policies, laws relating to the consumption of single-use plastic products.

Main Activities

Workshop/ Event

Youth Empowerment Camp

Creative communications campaign

iCHANGE Community - share and connect

Achievements

16 +

Total activities

800,000 +

Total Engagement

8 million +

Total reaches
(people received our messages)

Our World Today

8,800,000 +