Showing posts from category Vulnerable Deltas.
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Greenhouse Plastic Boom Blights Vietnam’s Vegetable Basket
›China Environment Forum // Guest Contributor // Vulnerable Deltas // June 30, 2022 // By Govi Snell & Thinh DoanCam Ly landfill was, until it was shut down in 2020, the primary dumping ground for the city of Dalat. A hilltop locale 5 kilometers from central Dalat, the landfill was the final destination for the majority of plastic used in agriculture in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region. But in August 2019, heavy rain prompted an outpouring of trash, sending plastic sheeting from greenhouses and untreated agrichemical bags and bottles rushing downhill. The incident covered lowland farms in thousands of metric tons of waste.
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Plastic River: Following the Waste That’s Choking the Chao Phraya
›China Environment Forum // Guest Contributor // Vulnerable Deltas // June 16, 2022 // By Wanpen Pajai & Mailee Osten-Tan (Photographer)The Chao Phraya River is born from mountain streams in northern Thailand, flowing hundreds of kilometers south to the sea. By the time the river travels through Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand, it is carrying huge quantities of plastic waste – an estimated 4,000 metric tons every year, equal to the weight of 26 blue whales. The plastic clogs the river along its course, drastically impacting communities and the waterway’s ecology. The Third Pole traveled from the Chao Phraya’s beginnings to the sea to explore what’s happening to one of Southeast Asia’s most important rivers.
