Bangladesh generates 192,104 tons of sachet waste annually, which indicates that 129 million sachets are used by Bangladeshi people on a daily basis. In Bangladesh, single-use plastic waste production reached…
The Finance Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, AHM Mustafa Kamal, in the 2022–23 budget has proposed withdrawing the existing 5% supplementary duty on all types…
Entrepreneurs displayed alternatives to single-use plastic products at the country’s first-ever plastic-free fair on the National Level. Environment and Social Development Organization – ESDO is kicking off a two-day long…
To launch the “No Sachet Campaign” & raise public awareness about the hazardous environmental consequences of using single-use plastic sachets and motivate mass people to stop using them, Environment and…
Environment and Social Development Organization – ESDO organized the country’s first-ever Single-use Plastic-free Fair in Dhaka at the Lalmatia Housing Society School and College on the 25th and 26th of…
Virtual stakeholder consultation and roundtable meeting were organized by Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO on 16th February 2022 to discuss the strategy for phasing out Single-Use Plastic (SUP) products. Syed…
Around 54 tons of plastic garbage was generated per day by Sylhet City Corporation in 2021. This plastic garbage mostly contained sachets, one-time-use utensils, personal care items, and different other…
New worldwide research reveals that there are health risks across the plastics production chain Dhaka 13th January 2022: Environmental activists and experts demanded an international response to prevent toxic in…