Waste Management

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Foreign Policy

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

Bangladesh seeks Japan's support in establishing integrated resource recovery facilities, waste-to-energy plants, and sanitary landfills to achieve its 8% emission reduction target under the...

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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

The 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

Eight ways to overcome waste management crisis

A file photo of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Govt wants to convert country's waste into resources: Saber Hossain

Saber Hossain Chowdhury speaks at TEDx PLace des Nations Women 2018. File photo: UN/ Jean Marc Ferré
Environment

Govt to follow Japan's model in removing waste from educational institutions: Environment minister

The Slum Dwellers’ Rights Protection Committee organised a press conference at Tafazzal Hossain Manik Mia (VIP) conference room of the National Press Club on Thursday (21 December). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Speakers call for inclusion of sustainable solid waste management in election manifestos

The best examples of waste management include solid waste being categorically segregated from the moment they are treated as waste. This is missing in Bangladesh. Photo: TBS
Panorama

Cities of Bangladesh are awful at recycling waste. Here is how we can solve it

From February 2023, a stinking open garbage bin in the Gazipur City Corporation area which 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
Environment

Inadequate budget obstacle to urban waste management