Environmentalist turns recycled plastic waste into stone benches


Nguyen Van Xuan with a stone bench made from recycled plastic waste. —VNA/VNS

NHA TRANG (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Nguyen Van Xuan, is an environmentalist in central Nha Trang City, is creating stone benches and paving stones made from recycled plastic waste.

Xuan, who is director of Resa energy company, mixed plastic and nylon scraps with cement and other additives to make a combination of construction materials.

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