News & Research

Vietnam's EPR recycling-cost norm (Fs) and the international Responsible Sourcing cost are two costs of a different nature that add up rather than replace each other — plastic packaging producers should keep the two budget lines separate.

New research from The Circulate Initiative quantifies the cost of responsible sourcing for recycled plastics through two case studies in India and Kenya: an extra USD 40-50 per tonne.

A Go Circular (GIZ) report analyses 116 domestic and international financial institutions able to fund or invest in the circular economy in Viet Nam.

The workshop "Pathways for a Robust Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) System in Viet Nam", held under NPAP, brought together government, business and other stakeholders; GreenU coordinated the Vehicles, Lubricants and Batteries discussion group.

UNDP scales up the Responsible Sourcing Initiative (RSI) in Nghe An and Bac Ninh: two occupational safety and health training sessions reached 60 informal waste workers.

Decree 110/2026/ND-CP, issued 1 April 2026, moves EPR rules into a dedicated instrument, repealing Chapter VI and Appendices XXII-XXIII of Decree 08.

On 17 March 2026 at the Green One UN House, GPAP and NPAP launched the Plastic Pollution - Biodiversity Assessment, with support from GreenU.

After the PAN project closed in 2021, GreenU kept coaching two Women's Union start-ups built on plastic waste, among them GreenLife Ha Long.

Over four days, 27-30 October 2025, women entrepreneurs from Lao Cai studied farm and community tourism models in Moc Chau, Son La, under GREAT 2.

A July 2025 resource from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition examines where compostable packaging and EPR policy intersect across US states.

Mandatory recycling rates and specifications still fall short of practice. This piece proposes a full reform of EPR law and institutions in Viet Nam.

The Ministry of Finance proposes folding packaging waste duties into tax. With over 400 EPR schemes worldwide, there is no precedent for such a move.