Plastic Waste

Plastic Waste

A myna bird is seen perched on a wooden nest box (left), while various materials retrieved from a nest, including plastic waste and twigs, are separated on paper plates for analysis (right). Photo: Courtesy

Plastic waste reshaping bird nesting behaviour at Jahangirnagar University

Researchers installed 96 pairs of artificial nest boxes with two entrance sizes and identified eight types of human-made materials in the nests.

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Govt may allocate Tk100 crore to Climate Change Trust, target 30% cut in plastic waste

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan speaks at a media roundtable discussion titled “Protecting Dhaka’s Rivers and Canals from Plastic Waste through Circular Economy”, jointly organised by The Business Standard and Red Orange under the theme “Save Canals, Save City”, at the TBS Conference Room in Dhaka on Wednesday. She emphasised that both consumers and producers must be held accountable in the fight against plastic pollution. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/ TBS

Users, producers must take responsibility to curb plastic pollution: Rizwana

A man cleaning plastic waste in 2023. Photo: TBS

73% of plastic waste recycled in Chattogram city, study says

The pledge was announced during a event held at Radisson Blu Bay View Hotel in Chattogram. Photo: Courtesy

Unilever Bangladesh reaffirms pledge to managing 10% of Ctg's plastic waste

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Plastic Exchange Store collects 45 tonnes of waste in 76 days from Cox's Bazar, Saint Martin’s

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Youth mobilised to combat plastic waste to save canals

Workers at Mumanu Polyester Industries Ltd in Singair, Manikganj, remove labels from waste plastic bottles, which are then recycled into fibres through automated processes. These fibres are essential raw materials for the ready-made garment industry, used in products such as winter jackets, pillows, blankets, and soft dolls. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Transforming plastic waste: How Mumanu Polyester Industries is shaping a sustainable future

This year we are celebrating the 51st Earth Day with the theme “restore our earth”. Photo: Reuters

Planet vs Plastics: World Earth Day 2024

Less than 10% of plastic is recycled globally, and nearly half of the 400 million tonnes of plastic waste annually end up in landfills. File photo: Collected

Revolutionary enzyme tackles plastic pollution

Plastic waste runs on conveyor belts at a new plastic waste sorting facility in Motala, central Sweden, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/David Keyton, File)

EU nations reach major breakthrough to stop shipping plastic waste to poor countries

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'Plastic use must be stopped in Cox's Bazar and Rohingya camps'

Single-use plastic waste rises from 2019-2021 despite pledges

Single-use plastic waste rises from 2019-2021 despite pledges