waste

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan while talking to journalists after visiting the Matuail Landfill on 5 April 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Burning of waste is strictly prohibited everywhere: Rizwana

While acknowledging that immediate relocation of the landfill from Matuail is not possible, she mentioned that two nearby steel mills will be instructed to shut down

The MRF in Lalmatia Dumping Ground. Photo: UNB
Environment

Sylhet sets benchmark in sustainable waste management with country's first Material Recovery Facility

Waste treatment plant in Barguna town constructed at a cost of Tk16 crore under the LGSP project with World Bank funding, lying inoperative for the last three years. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Waste treatment plant lies inoperative for 3 years in Barguna town

AF Hassan Ariff. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Adviser Hassan Ariff warns of chaos in household waste collection

Ctg city plans underground waste storage following Finnish model
Bangladesh

Ctg city plans underground waste storage following Finnish model

The world needs to recycle more plastic. Here's how to pay for it
Thoughts

The world needs to recycle more plastic. Here's how to pay for it

If the air pollution control system is not adequate, the gases produced will cause various respiratory diseases. Photo: TBS
Thoughts

From waste to electricity: A dream or yet another tale of squander?

Dr Riad Shams. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Why not make it compulsory for the culinary industry to address food waste?

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Pledges, policies, and prospects to protect the planet

Representational image. Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS
Bangladesh

Waste-to-energy plant being built in Aminbazar at a cost of $300 million

Beating plastic pollution: Local startups build businesses around waste
Panorama

Beating plastic pollution: Local startups build businesses around waste

Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS
Bangladesh

Here is how a waste station area turns spectacular

Photo: Courtesy
Energy

Japanese firms to generate electricity from waste in Chattogram city