Matuail Landfill

Zareen Tasneem Sharif. Sketch: TBS
Pursuit

How a plan to rescue Matuail landed Zareen the ‘Junior Nobel Prize’

Zareen Tasneem Sharif is the winner of  the Global Undergraduate Awards (UA), an award often dubbed the ‘Junior Nobel Prize’

Atasi Bhattacharjee. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Dhaka residents: Are we frogs that are being slowly boiled?

According to GHGSat, an emission tracking company, Matuali landfill situated in Dhaka South emits four tonnes of methane gas into the atmosphere every hour, equaling the emission of 190,000 passenger cars. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Environment

Matuail landfill emits 4 tonnes of methane every hour: “Unbelievable” say experts

Photo of excavators piling up waste materials in Matuail landfill. Photo: Collected
Climate Change

Matuail landfill’s per hour methane emission equivalent of running nearly 2 lakh cars, says study