Dhaka, 20 June, 2020: A floating waste island is developing at Baganbari point of the river From domestic to industrial, all kinds of waste are being dumped indiscriminately in the Buriganga River, polluting the river during the lockdown. A whole body of citizens, including industrialists, traders and government agencies are contributing to the contamination of the […]
Dhaka, 17 June, 2020: Each year, on 17 June, the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is celebrated to encourage public understanding of international efforts to combat desertification. This year’s observance is focused on changing public attitudes to the leading driver of desertification and land degradation: humanity’s relentless production and consumption. The day provides an opportunity […]
Dhaka, 9 June, 2020: Environmental pollution is feared to leap beyond control in the coming days as the government recently made it mandatory for everyone to wear face masks outside home without putting in place a system for their disposal. Studies suggest that face masks often contain plastics and other types of polymers alongside different […]
Dhaka, 8 June, 2020: The pace at which people in the world by their mindless action pollute the oceans is alarming. Plastic waste, decreased water levels, impurities in water and others are causing huge damage to the oceans, and serious measures is need to take to conserve our oceans.. On World Oceans Day, let us all […]
Dhaka, 8 June, 2020: Around 73,000 tonnes of plastic waste end up in the sea everyday through the rivers Padma, Jamuna and Meghna in Bangladesh. Besides domestic waste, there is waste from India, Nepal and China floating down the Ganges, Yamuna and Brahmaputra. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), on the occasion of World Environment Day, […]
Best known to be the 1st NGO in the world to push for plastic shopping bag ban in Bangladesh way back when plastic pollution was not yet discussed anywhere else, GAIA Asia Pacific sat down with Siddika Sultana, Executive Director of ESDO, to talk about the organization’s history, their programs, and how they are coping […]
Dhaka, 1 June, 2020: Dhaka is awash with millions of plastic-laminated campaign posters ahead of elections in the Bangladeshi capital, and environmentalists are up in arms. These posters — of which there are an estimated 304 million — will likely end up in sewers, rivers and canals, says activist Sharif Jamil. "If they are burnt, […]
ঢাকা, ১৭ মে, ২০২০: করোনার ঝুঁকি এড়াতে মাস্ক-গ্লাভসের মতো সুরক্ষা সামগ্রী ব্যবহার করছে মানুষ। ব্যবহার শেষে অনেকে ফেলে দিচ্ছে যেখানে সেখানে। এতে সংক্রমণের ঝুঁকিতে পড়ছেন পথচারী ও বর্জ্য ব্যবস্থাপনা কর্মীরা। এদিকে করোনা সম্পৃক্ত বর্জ্য মাটি ও পানিতে মিশে জীবাণু খাদ্যচক্রে প্রবেশ করার শঙ্কা জানিয়েছেন একটি গবেষণা প্রতিষ্ঠান। একটি গাছ দাঁড়িয়ে, প্রথম দেখায় মনে হবে করোনার থেকে বাঁচতে মাস্ক […]
Dhaka, 11 May, 2020: Around 14,500 tonnes of hazardous plastic waste have been produced from the single use surgical face masks, gloves, hand sanitisers bottles, and polythene bags in the first month of the shutdown, says a study report. About 11.2 percent of this waste apparently are surgical face masks, 21 percent polythene-made normal gloves, […]
Dhaka, 11 May, 2020: The maximum amount of waste was generated from used hand gloves At least 14,500 tons of waste, including used gloves, masks, sanitizer containers and polythene, have been generated in the last month across Bangladesh, said Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) ESDO revealed the information, from the finding of a new study, […]
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