There was a time when the natural environment of Bangladesh has been rich with water resources, ready land, crop wealth, and extravagant greenness. Remarkably, the natural degradation in present Bangladesh is exemplified by the dark shade of the Buriganga river that has been the lifeline of Dhaka inhabitants for quite
a long time. One of the prime reasons for this severe degradation is the careless way of waste disposal and mismanagement of waste; particularly solid waste.
Bangladesh, a small South Asian country located on the eastern flank of India, Bangladesh produces around 87,000 tons of single-use plastics waste annually and 86% of the waste is dumped in landfills (2019).
Bangladesh is already facing severe challenges in managing waste, which is one of the prime reasons for the environmental pollution of this country. Bangladesh has been named the world’s most polluted country for PM2.5 exposure while Dhaka has emerged as the second most polluted city in the 2019 World Air Quality Report. Bangladesh ranked 10th for producing the largest amount of plastic waste. Emphasizing the transboundary movement of plastic waste, it is high time we assess the sources by which transboundary movement is occurring like whether the waste source is solely organic or most of the wastages are imposed in our ways by surrounding nations and to be more precise what is the reason behind this.
