Waste Management

TBS Sketch of Akm M Haque
Thoughts

How to ensure sustainable waste management in our cities?

The current practices in waste management are unlikely to achieve anything in terms of meeting the sustainable development goals

Infograph: TBS
Energy

Country to get power from waste in 2024

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Environment

Waste management in Ctg: Experimental pilot project launched

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

China to invest $300m in Bangladesh’s first waste-to-energy power plant

Even during the Covid pandemic plastics production calculated 367 million metric tons in 2020 compared to 270 million metric tons in 2010. Picture: Reuters
Thoughts

The waste apocalypse

Stop irregularities in waste management: Environmentalists
Environment

Stop irregularities in waste management: Environmentalists

A boy walks past a truck in Aminbazar landfill in Savar. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka landfills in disarray

DSCC removes 57,000 tonnes of waste from canals in a month
Infrastructure

DSCC removes 57,000 tonnes of waste from canals in a month

IFC and Bangladesh Public-Private Partnership Authority have signed an agreement for the wastewater management project. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Gazipur to see 1st wastewater treatment plant under PPP

Study says about 530 tonnes of medical waste are generated from households and healthcare facilities every day in the country, which can inflict damage to public health and the environment. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash/TBS
Health

93% Covid waste lack proper management: Study

File Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS
Environment

ESDO initiates 'Zero Waste' project on waste management

Waste management: Why always landfills?
Thoughts

Waste management: Why always landfills?

During the rainy season, Kaptai Lake, one of the largest artificial lakes in the region, becomes the final destination of hundreds of tonnes of waste from the Rangamati municipal town. Photo: Himel Chakma
Environment

Kaptai Lake: Final destination for Rangamati municipal waste