BIODEGRADABLE BAG SUPPLIERS/MANUFACTURERS AND INFORMATION NEEDED THAT THEY MUST KNOW!

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READ IT IF YOU WANT YOUR BUSINESS EXIST IN PLASTIC INDUSTRY! Recently, biodegradable bags become the tendency of the world for saving environment purpose. As a result, biodegradable bag suppliers will prevail in plastic industry. Here are some necessary information for plastic bags suppliers/ manufacturers in general and biodegradable bag suppliers in particular that we need to know if we want to exist in this plastic industry.

Many cities in India restrict or prohibit plastic bags completely and just allow to use biodegradable bags instead which has been fully supported by environmentalists. However, it can’t be denied the fact that not everyone benefits from this initiative. Customers are not only anxious of using plastic bags in supermarkets, stores, etc, as they have to pay a great deal of money for each plastic bag, they also often forget to bring their own bags to hold things they buy. However, we cannot deny the convenience of plastic bags (especially biodegradable bags).

According to the Ministry of Finance, many countries around the world are imposing heavy environment taxes on plastic bags, such as the UK or Ireland, with the tax of 15 cents per bag (equivalent to 4,500 VND per bag); Hong Kong $ 0.05 / bag (equivalent to 1,050 VND / bag), Estonia plans to impose tax by 2 cents per bag (equivalent to 3,000 VND / bag), in Spain 5-50 cents / bag. Others prohibit manufacturing, selling and using of thin plastic bags, such as China prohibits plastic bags with thickness less than 0.025 milliliters, or Spain bans producing bags with thick films of less than 50 microns, impose tax by 5-10 cent for biodegradable bags (this is a big barrier for biodegradable bag suppliers).

In Viet Nam, the environment tax applied to plastic bags is 40,000 VND per kilogram, equivalent to 200-400 VND per bag (each kilogram may be equivalent to 100-200 bags), but biodegradable bag suppliers don’t sell this kind of product in Viet Nam because of extremely expensive price as well as Vietnamese consumer behaviour.

The Ministry of Finance said that the tax is at a very low level compared to other countries, and has not had a major impact on the restriction of plastic bags production and use. Therefore, the ministry proposed to adjust the environment tax for plastic bags to 40,000-200,000 VND / kg (the minimum level is equal to the current tax, the maximum is four times the maximum level in the current tariff structure).

According to environmental experts, the imposition of environment tax on plastic bags at the rate of 40,000 VND / kg has not yet significantly impacted the green consumer behaviour, the consumption of plastic bags on the market accounts for 80%.

According to the Vietnam Plastics Association, since the government imposes environment tax on plastic bags, we just has about 30 new enterprises filing to be recognized as environmentally friendly bag manufacturers (surely including biodegradable bag suppliers) , accounting for 20% market share, although there are nearly 400 units of plastic bags production. The association also noted that most establishments do not participate in the production chain of biodegradable plastic bags because of their small business size and low revenue while the procedure of applying for environmentally friendly packaging certificate is not easy and very costly.

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An Phat Plastic (AAA): Visiting and giving gifts to families of employees with difficult circumstances

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23
Feb

The delegation visited and gave gifts to 10 employees’ families with difficult circumstances, a total value of over VND 100 million was extracted from “An Phat Charity Fund”.
The gifts are small but show the attention and care of B.O.D, Factory Managers to the families in need, encouraging them to work with dedication.
When paying visits to those families, Mr. Pham Hoang Viet – Permanent Deputy General Director, Mr. Chu Duong Xuan Ty – Secretary of the Company’s Party Committee, together with factory representatives, graciously paid attention to their health and daily life, sharing sympathy with their difficulties and hoping that they would gradually overcome difficulties to have a better life.

An Phat Plastic (AAA): Joining hands to support victims of Agent Orange / Dioxin in Hai Duong province

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23
Feb

It is estimated that, in Vietnam, about 4.8 million Vietnamese people have been infected with Agent Orange / Dioxin. Hundreds of thousands them have died; millions of them and their descendants are living in disease and poverty due to Agent Orange.
With the donation of VND 10,000,000 to the Agent Orange / Dioxin victims, B.O.D hope that this will be the most practical action contributing to improving their quality of life, helping them gradually get rid of deprivation, as well as enhancing their spiritual life.
Mr. Duong Xuan Ty – Party Committee Secretary of An Phat Plastic gave an amount of VND 10,000,000 to victims of Agent Orange / Dioxin in Hai Duong province.
In recent years, besides production and business boosting activities, striving to become the largest thin-film packaging producer in Southeast Asia, An Phat Plastic has always focused on implementing Corporate Social Responsibility activities. Specifically, the company has established An Phat Charity Fund with the purpose of assisting families and individuals in need, especially helping those with contribution to the country and victims of war. An Phat Plastic hopes to carry out more CSR activities both locally and nationally, to develop a prosperous country.

An Phat Plastic (AAA): An act of gratitude in commemoration of the 69th anniversary of The War Invalids And Martyrs Day

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26
Jul

At the “Lighting the candle to express gratitude to the martyrs ceremony” on July 26, 2016 evening, Mr. Pham Hoang Viet – Permanent Deputy General Director of An Phat Plastic and Ms. Tran Thi Thoan – Business Deputy General Director gave 30 gifts to Vietnamese heroic mothers, families under preferential treatment policy and those with meritorious contributions to the revolution.
Participating in the gratitude activities, Mr. Duong Xuan Ty – An Phat Plastic’s Secretary of the Party Committee of said: Caring, helping and improving the lives of wounded soldiers, martyrs’ families, people with meritorious contributions to the revolution are the moral traditional values of “Act of gratitude ” and “Drink water to remember the source”. These activities have contributed to the spiritual encouragement, partly compensating for the pain and loss that they have sacrificed to protect the independence, freedom and peace for the country.

An Phat Plastic (AAA): Received a letter of appreciation from Mr. Fukada Hiroshi – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan for the fund raising activities for Kumamoto earthquake victims in 2016

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27
May

On May 27, 2016, right after getting to know about natural disasters in Japan – the country with which An Phat Plastic has maintained a good relationship. With the spirit of “The leaves protect tattered ones”, on behalf of An Phat Plastic, Mr. Pham Anh Duong – Chairman went to Embassy of Japan in Vietnam to donate USD 10,000 to support victims of earthquakes in Japan.
On June 23, 2016, Mr. Fukada Hiroshi – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Vietnam, on behalf of the Government of Japan, sending a thank-you letter to An Phat Plastic for this meaningful action.
A donated amount of 10.000 USD was transferred to the Japanese Red Cross by Embassy of Japan, and distributed by the “Kumamoto Earthquake Donation Committee in 2016”, directly delivered to households having losses, with damaged houses, and seriously injured people.
In the thank-you letter, Mr. Fukada Hiroshi wrote: “The contribution from An Phat Plastic’s employees is an action of care and solidarity between Vietnamese and Japanese people. Not only victims of the earthquake-affected areas, but all Japanese people are touched and grateful for the great support … Sincere help from An Phat Plastic has certainly been of a great encouragement for those victims to overcome difficulties and carry out the reconstruction. Once again, I would like to express my deep gratitude to your attention and sharing. At the same time, I also hope that An Phat Plastic will constantly maintain a close friendship with Japan. ”
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Vietnam also wished all An Phat Plastic’s employees good health and success.
“As one of the Vietnamese enterprises exporting products to Japan, An Phat Plastic not only focuses on developing the economic relationship between us and partners, but we also want to make a small contribution developing the friendship between the two countries Vietnam – Japan. The donation to the victims of Kumamoto earthquake showed An Phat Plastic’s sincere thanks to the Japanese friends who have trusted and supported An Phat so far”(quoted: Mr. Pham Anh Duong – Chairman of the Board of Directors speaks when delivering the donation at the Embassy of Japan).”