single-use plastics

single-use plastics

Single use plastic items. Photo: UNDP

All ministries to form monitoring committees to stop single-use plastics

To enforce the decision, checks will be introduced at entry points to stop plastic items from entering the secretariat

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan addressed hotel owners at a meeting at Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner’s office today (24 April). Photo: Courtesy

Govt to reward first hotel to declare free from single-use plastics: Rizwana

Infographic: TBS

Bangladesh disposes around 3.5b single-use plastic bottles annually: Study

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

Phasing out plastic products: Stakeholders for following global practice

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

Ministries asked to stop using single-use plastic

File Photo: Reuters

Experts call for a prompt ban on single-use plastic

Photo: Courtesy

Call for banning single-use plastic in Sundarbans, St Martin's Island

Govt to cut single-use plastic by 90% by 2026: Environment minister

Govt to cut single-use plastic by 90% by 2026: Environment minister

People dump wastages into the Buriganga River at Kamrangirchar area in the capital. Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS

A year on, no legal action taken to stop single-use plastics

Coca-Cola refuses to ditch single-use plastic, ensues fury

Coca-Cola refuses to ditch single-use plastic, ensues fury

Fruit packaged in plastic are on display at a supermarket in Beijing, China November 20, 2018. Reuters/Thomas Pete

China moves to phase out single-use plastics