Waste Managment

An open garbage container was placed on the road in front of the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Shishu Shikkha Government Primary School in the capital. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam
Bangladesh

Students suffer as garbage container placed near school

Teachers say they asked the city authorities multiple times to remove the garbage bin, but to no avail

A woman collects plastic bottles for recycling at the garbage dump on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura December 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (INDIA ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS)/File Photo
South Asia

UN plans to drastically expand plastic waste management in India