Abstract
Plastic usage in tourism activities has increased significantly in Vietnam over the past decades, leading to the burden of plastic pollution and the threat to sustainable tourism development. The Vietnamese government has recognized the importance of plastic waste management in sustainable tourism. Laws and regulations on controlling pollution due to non-biodegradable plastic bags. Public education activities have been organized to encourage people replace plastic products with natural materials, reuse plastic bags and reduce plastic wastes. Many tourism businesses have found ways to limit plastic consumption, such as replacing disposal plastic products with eco-friendly products. Vietnamese tourism has taken the first steps in reducing plastic waste pollution in tourism activities. This article proposed some solutions to limit and restrain plastic wastes from tourism in Vietnam.
Highlights
Man-made plastic was created by Alexander Parkes, an English scientist from Birmingham in 1855, yet only until 1909 were plastic products based on synthetic polymer invented by Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian-born American scientist in New York
The Vietnamese government has since long recognized the importance of environmental protection and in particular, plastic waste management, to sustainable tourism
Having recognized fundamental issues of plastic wastes and the situation of plastic waste management in tourism to improve competitiveness of tourist attraction spots in Vietnam recent years, we proposed a number of solutions to limit plastic wastes in tourism towards sustainable development
Summary
Man-made plastic was created by Alexander Parkes, an English scientist from Birmingham in 1855, yet only until 1909 were plastic products based on synthetic polymer invented by Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian-born American scientist in New York. Nylon products were first introduced by DuPont in the 1939 New York World’s Fair and soon became popular in a global scale because of its versatility and low cost. Plastic is present in everyday life; it is an important material in many industries such as electricity, electronics, telecommunications, transportation, fisheries, agriculture, etc. Thanks to the development of science and technology, plastic has (have) become a substitute for traditional material which were previously considered irreplaceable such as wood, metal, silicate, etc. Along with the development of plastic industry and the use of plastic products, plastic waste is an integral part of human life on Earth
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