Plastic pollution

The Kallyanpur Canal is burdened with more than 600,000 kilograms of waste every month. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

Kallyanpur canal project shows how to combat plastic pollution in Dhaka

The initiative is part of a broader regional effort to build a circular economy around plastic waste and restore South Asia’s rivers and canals.

A child sits on a pile of plastic bottles while blowing bubbles. Photo: Nayem Ali
Environment

We should go to the sources of plastic for real solution: M Zakir Hossain Khan

File Photo: Nayem Ali/TBS
Environment

Civil society urges urgent regional action against plastic pollution

Experts at a programme discussing how to reduce plastic waste on 12 March 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Ending plastic waste needs strong informal sector leadership: Experts

File Photo: Reuters
Environment

Increased recycling, awareness stressed to save environment amid rising plastic use

Rizwana holds meeting at secretariat on 2 Jan. Photo: BSS
Environment

Extended Producer Responsibility guidelines on cards to check plastic pollution: Rizwana

Rising 62 feet into the sky, the plastic sculpture in Cox's Bazar captures the destructive power of plastic pollution. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Sky-high plastic 'robot monster' unveiled at Cox's Bazar beach to highlight plastic pollution

Can plastic pollution be mitigated through a reverse supply chain?
Thoughts

Can plastic pollution be mitigated through a reverse supply chain?

A total of 88 of them gathered there to form a human sign that read "No to plastic" on 8 Nov. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

'No to plastic': Youth activists form human sign to protest plastic pollution

Rizwana addressing a meeting with business owners at the conference room of the Department of Environment on 20 Oct. Photo: Collected
Environment

Polythene-bag free markets will be rewarded: Adviser Rizwana

Illustration: TBS
Environment

Super shops go polythene-free: Shoppers opt for jute bags

Roundtable discussion titled “Plastic Waste Management Challenges and Solutions in South Asian Countries” on 30 September. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Rizwana calls for collective efforts to control transboundary plastic pollution

“Eco-clubs” were formed with students from ten educational institutions in Cox's Bazar with the aim of raising awareness and reducing the use of plastic products. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

'Eco-clubs' formed with student members in Cox's Bazar to reduce plastic pollution