Plastic Poster

In violation of the electoral code of conduct, plastic-laminated election campaign posters are hung along a street at Khilgaon in Dhaka. Similar laminated posters are being used in many areas in the capital and elsewhere in the country ahead of upcoming national polls. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Politics

Environment, polls code sidelined as laminated posters flood capital

2,472 tonnes of plastic waste was generated in 12 days of the campaign for the two city elections in 2020