Waste Management

A drain in Nabinagar Society at Chattogram’s West Sholashar is littered with garbage even though there is a garbage bin placed beside the drain. Since its establishment nearly 32 years ago, the Chattogram City Corporation is yet to ensure a modern waste management system in the city. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Chattogram: A case of waste mismanagement

Representational Image. Photo: Collected
Environment

Govt working on solid waste management in rural areas

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

Gazipur city: Where waste is everywhere

Nigeria's Waste Museum: Raising awareness on waste
Videos

Nigeria's Waste Museum: Raising awareness on waste

Garbages dumped outside the secondary transfer station in Agargaon, giving a stinky nightmare to residents of nearby buildings. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Garbage outside dumping stations exposes Dhaka people to stinking nightmare

City corps struggle with waste management for driver shortage
Bangladesh

City corps struggle with waste management for driver shortage

TBS Sketch of Akm M Haque
Thoughts

How to ensure sustainable waste management in our cities?

Infograph: TBS
Energy

Country to get power from waste in 2024

Representational Image
Environment

Waste management in Ctg: Experimental pilot project launched

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

China to invest $300m in Bangladesh’s first waste-to-energy power plant

Even during the Covid pandemic plastics production calculated 367 million metric tons in 2020 compared to 270 million metric tons in 2010. Picture: Reuters
Thoughts

The waste apocalypse

Stop irregularities in waste management: Environmentalists
Environment

Stop irregularities in waste management: Environmentalists

A boy walks past a truck in Aminbazar landfill in Savar. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka landfills in disarray