Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution

Coast Guard personnel stand beside sacks of banned polythene seized from an under-construction building in Armanitola on Saturday,22 August 2026.Photo:TBS.

Banned polythene worth Tk3.63cr seized in Armanitola

Owner remains unidentified after riverbank raid in capital.

Representational image. Photo: Freepik

Kitchen sponges release microplastics, but water use has bigger impact: Study

According to World Bank data from 2021, Bangladesh is among the top countries for plastic pollution. Photo: TBS

Rising microplastic risks in Bangladesh: Is weak waste management behind it?

Bangladesh among top contributors to global marine plastic pollution: Report

Bangladesh among top contributors to global marine plastic pollution: Report

The Kallyanpur Canal is burdened with more than 600,000 kilograms of waste every month. Photo: Courtesy

Kallyanpur canal project shows how to combat plastic pollution in Dhaka

A child sits on a pile of plastic bottles while blowing bubbles. Photo: Nayem Ali

We should go to the sources of plastic for real solution: M Zakir Hossain Khan

File Photo: Nayem Ali/TBS

Civil society urges urgent regional action against plastic pollution

Experts at a programme discussing how to reduce plastic waste on 12 March 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Ending plastic waste needs strong informal sector leadership: Experts

File Photo: Reuters

Increased recycling, awareness stressed to save environment amid rising plastic use

Rizwana holds meeting at secretariat on 2 Jan. Photo: BSS

Extended Producer Responsibility guidelines on cards to check plastic pollution: Rizwana

Rising 62 feet into the sky, the plastic sculpture in Cox's Bazar captures the destructive power of plastic pollution. Photo: TBS

Sky-high plastic 'robot monster' unveiled at Cox's Bazar beach to highlight plastic pollution

Can plastic pollution be mitigated through a reverse supply chain?

Can plastic pollution be mitigated through a reverse supply chain?

A total of 88 of them gathered there to form a human sign that read "No to plastic" on 8 Nov. Photo: Courtesy

'No to plastic': Youth activists form human sign to protest plastic pollution