Waste Management

Waste Management

A man wearing a mask walks past an open dumping site near the Bogura Sericulture Extension Office where waste spills onto the road. As the largest municipality in Bangladesh by area, Bogura generates at least 300 tonnes of waste daily. Despite the operation of 20 trucks for waste removal, improper dumping persists negatively impacting residents, biodiversity, and water quality. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Bogura faces disposal crisis in absence of modern waste management

Most of the waste is indiscriminately dumped across the town and into the Karatoya River, resulting in severe environmental pollution

Photo: Courtesy

Bangladesh, Japan to sign MoU on climate and waste management cooperation

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Rayerbazar students learn about waste management through poetry, songs, and drama

Dhaka South Administrator Moh Sher Ali talks to reporters on 24 August 2024. Photo: Courtesy

Efforts on to speed up waste management process: Dhaka South administrator

The file photo shows plastic waste materials lying on a road inside the Dhaka University campus while a garbage van is parked nearby. The photo was taken near the Shamsunnahar Hall recently. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

How Dhaka North manages waste without one-fourth vehicles

Ctg city plans underground waste storage following Finnish model

Ctg city plans underground waste storage following Finnish model

Ferdous Ara Begum. Sketch: TBS

Transforming waste management in Bangladesh: Policies and implementation challenges

Speakers at a human chain programme in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on the occasion of the International Day of Zero Waste today (30 March). Photo: TBS

Zero waste policy essential to turn waste into resources: Experts

The photo shows plastic waste materials lying on a road inside the Dhaka University campus while a garbage van is parked nearby. The photo was taken near the Shamsunnahar Hall recently. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

Eight ways to overcome waste management crisis

A file photo of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury. Photo: Collected

Govt wants to convert country's waste into resources: Saber Hossain

Saber Hossain Chowdhury speaks at TEDx PLace des Nations Women 2018. File photo: UN/ Jean Marc Ferré

Govt to follow Japan's model in removing waste from educational institutions: Environment minister

The Slum Dwellers’ Rights Protection Committee organised a press conference at Tafazzal Hossain Manik Mia (VIP) conference room of the National Press Club on Thursday (21 December). Photo: TBS

Speakers call for inclusion of sustainable solid waste management in election manifestos

The best examples of waste management include solid waste being categorically segregated from the moment they are treated as waste. This is missing in Bangladesh. Photo: TBS

Cities of Bangladesh are awful at recycling waste. Here is how we can solve it