Waste Management

Rizwana at a meeting at the Secretariat on 15 April. Photo: Collected
Environment

Master plan soon for waste management in divisional cities, municipalities: Rizwana

The adviser at a workshop on waste management on 24 Mar. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Bangladesh must act now on waste segregation, methane mitigation: Rizwana 

DP CleanTech representatives meet Chattogram City Corporation on 17 March 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

British company proposes waste-to-energy project in Chattogram

Chashma Canal in Chattogram is choked with plastic waste and debris. Despite large-scale projects to address waterlogging, waste management remains neglected. Temporary cleaning efforts take place before monsoons, but without a coordinated system, canals and drains continue to be clogged, worsening the city's drainage crisis. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Is coordinated waste management the missing piece in Ctg's flood puzzle?

Photos: Collected
Food

How to make your scraps a-peel-ing

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
Environment

Bogura faces disposal crisis in absence of modern waste management

Photo: Courtesy
Foreign Policy

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

Photo: Courtesy
Environment

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
Bangladesh

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
Bangladesh

How Dhaka North manages waste without one-fourth vehicles

Ctg city plans underground waste storage following Finnish model
Bangladesh

Ctg city plans underground waste storage following Finnish model

Ferdous Ara Begum. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

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
Environment

Zero waste policy essential to turn waste into resources: Experts