Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution

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

Scientists found that the biggest environmental burden from handwashing dishes is not plastic pollution, but water consumption.

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

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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

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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

Rizwana addressing a meeting with business owners at the conference room of the Department of Environment on 20 Oct. Photo: Collected

Polythene-bag free markets will be rewarded: Adviser Rizwana