waste

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Energy

Japanese firms to generate electricity from waste in Chattogram city

A stinking open garbage bin in the Gazipur City Corporation area causes problems to commuters. Lack of proper measures, including designated spots, manpower and equipment for dumping garbage, has made the city corporation area an open trash bin. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Planned rural waste management on cards

According to ESDO in Bangladesh, every year, about 87,000 tonnes of single-use plastic are thrown away. Photo: Rehman Asad/ TBS
Panorama

The world is looking to rein in single-use plastic. Will corporations in Bangladesh pay heed?

According to a rough estimation, Bangladesh can generate $80 million from handling and exporting e-waste (pictured here are discarded electronics equipment and dismantled items) but the potential remains mostly untapped. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Panorama

Wasted potential of e-waste

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Bangladesh

Pulp crunch forces Bangladesh to scramble even for waste paper

The putrid smell is overwhelming, and discoloured polybags are abundant. But behind the wall of waste is the Shib Bari Pukur, which used to be a 9.5 decimal pond. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Panorama

Mountains of waste overwhelm Gazipur city’s centuries-old ponds

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Environment

Compost manufacturing from household waste needs support: Experts

Initiatives taken to build a plastic waste free country
Videos

Initiatives taken to build a plastic waste free country

File photo of Dhaka South Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh
Bangladesh

30% of Dhaka South's waste still out in the open: Mayor

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Bangladesh

Initiative to turn Savar tannery solid waste into products 

How automakers upcycle waste into car parts
Wheels

How automakers upcycle waste into car parts

Sustainable initiative of Pcycle creating employment
Videos

Sustainable initiative of Pcycle creating employment

Piles of garbage dumped near the very sign that warns against it in Habiganj. Locals say they are suffering from the foul odour and the toxic smoke that emits from burning wastes in the open dumping grounds. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Waste mismanagement makes life miserable in Habiganj municipality