New 'reverse vending machines' will soon be the length of the country - but you can try one out in Kilkenny this week!

Do you remember a time when you could buy fizzy drinks in large glass bottles, and then, when they were empty, you would take them back to the corner shop and get a shiny coin for your troubles?

As global momentum builds on ending plastic pollution and marine debris, Vietnam is strengthening its ability to build back better from COVID-19 and transition to a circular economy. Caitlin Wiesen, resident representative in Vietnam of the United Nations Development Programme, and Grete Løchen, Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam, write about the changes ahead.