Today’s guest is Kim Le, founder and CEO of CL2B - short for Closed Loop to Balance - a consulting boutique that facilitates decision-making across sectors and stakeholders to accelerate the circular economy transition in Southeast Asia.

We discussed what ‘circular economy’ means in the Vietnam context, how the informal economy already embraces circular principles like reuse and repair in contrast to developed markets, the need to understand the different circularity contexts between the global north and global south, the opportunities of recycling in both the pre-consumer and post-consumer spaces, Vietnam’s role in the global circular economy as an apparel production hub, and hopes for the near future of the circular economy here.

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Vietnam among top 20 waste-producing countries: official (Tuổi Trẻ News)

70,000 tons of garbage form hill on Con Dao Island (VnExpress International)

Ho Chi Minh City canal swamped with garbage (Tuổi Trẻ News)

Garbage 'unavoidable' in world-famous Ha Long Bay: official (VnExpress International)

Hanoi needs urgent, optimal solution for waste treatment capacity (Vietnam Plus)

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