Port Otago will start to measure air quality at its Port Chalmers base this year, chief executive Kevin Winders says. Otago Regional Council chairwoman Marian Hobbs wrote, in her governance report tabled at the end of January, that despite significant improvements in noise pollution levels "there are still significant issues about air quality" in the […]
China, one of the world's biggest users of plastic, has unveiled a major plan to reduce single-use plastics across the country. Non-degradable bags will be banned in major cities by the end of 2020 and in all cities and towns by 2022. The restaurant industry will also be banned from using single-use straws by the […]
The new coronavirus has infected more than 28,000 people, and at least 563 have died. But relatively few children appear to have developed severe symptoms so far, according to the available data. “The median age of patients is between 49 and 56 years,” according to a report published on Wednesday in JAMA. “Cases in children have […]
There is a major concern over the disposal of tonnes of laminated campaign posters without causing further damage to the environment and public health. The city corporations yesterday started taking down the posters, most of which contain a non-degradable laminating film. Officials at Dhaka north and south city corporations said it would take them well […]
Environment and Social Development Organization secretary general Shahriar Hossain said that for low-quality products in the market in Bangladesh was responsible for a sizable e-waste every year while the country had no mechanism of e-waste management. He said that the substandard products flooding the market also cheated the customers out of the prices they pay […]
Over 10,000 tonnes of laminated plastic waste is generated in Dhaka every year from various sources, causing several health and environmental hazards. Most of such laminated waste cannot be recycled, and there is no arrangement for their disposal, according to a study report. The study titled ‘Thermal lamination films: An Incising Health Hazards and Environmental […]
ঢাকা সিটি করপোরেশন এলাকায় নতুন করে প্লাস্টিক আচ্ছাদিত বা লেমিনেটেড পোস্টার উৎপাদন, ছাপানো ও প্রদর্শন না করতে নির্দেশ দিয়েছেন হাইকোর্ট। গণমাধ্যমে আসা প্রতিবেদন বিবেচনায় নিয়ে আজ বুধবার বিচারপতি এম ইনায়েতুর রহিম ও বিচারপতি মো. মোস্তাফিজুর রহমানের সমন্বয়ে গঠিত হাইকোর্ট বেঞ্চ স্বতঃপ্রণোদিত হয়ে রুলসহ এ আদেশ দেন। রুলে সারা দেশে নির্বাচনের সময় ও অন্যান্য ক্ষেত্রে প্লাস্টিক […]
Although they promised a clean and green Dhaka city, mayor and councillor candidates in the DSCC and the DNCC polls have flooded their areas with laminated posters, which are harmful for the environment. The candidates are using posters laminated with plastic to protect those from rainwater and humidity during the electioneering period. Visiting nine wards […]
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the second worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Wednesday. The independent live air-quality index monitor, Air Visual, shows Dhaka’s AQI value as 238 around 9:00am. Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar topped the index with an AQI value of 422 while India’s Delhi and Afghanistan’s Kabul respectively stood third and fourth on the worst […]
বাংলাদেশে পরিচালিত একটি গবেষণায় দেখা গেছে যে দেশটির তরুণ এবং যুব জনগোষ্ঠী পরিবেশের জন্য ক্ষতিকর প্লাস্টিক দূষণের জন্য সবচেয়ে বেশী দায়ী। ওই গবেষণায় বলা হয়েছে, এই তরুণ ও যুব জনগোষ্ঠী একবার ব্যবহার করা হয় এমন সিঙ্গেল ইউজ প্লাস্টিক পণ্য বেশী ব্যবহার করে। গবেষণার এই ফলাফল এমন এক সময়ে পাওয়া গেল যখন সারা বিশ্বে সিঙ্গেল ইউজ […]
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