Single-use plastic sachets should be banned, campaigners have said in a letter to the Telegraph as they ask the Government to 'close the loophole' on waste. They argue that despite upcoming bans on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds, British people have become "slaves to the sachet", and this is causing untold damage to the […]
Waking up to the consequences of dumping plastic in the environment, small and large scale businesses in India are dumping the use of single use plastic. Small-scale changes are already being made. Plastic straws are being replaced by sturdy paper straws and even pasta straws in restaurants, and bamboo is coming out as a strong alternative for […]
Mymensingh, 15th February, 2020: Single Use Plastic Pollution is an emerging environmental concern. Every year more than 87000 tons of Single Use Plastic is being discarded in Bangladesh according to a study report of Environment and Social Development Organization – ESDO in 2019. Considering the serious health threats posed by plastic, manufacture and use of […]
Dhaka, 28 January, 2020: More than ten thousand ton of laminated plastic waste is generated from different sources in Dhaka every year, which causes health hazards and environmental havoc. ESDO has conducted a Study on “Thermal lamination films: An Incising Health Hazards and Environmental Havoc of Dhaka City”, which focused exclusively on laminated posters, leaflets, […]
Analysis by the Blue Islands project has found that 80% of rubbish on three beaches in Majorca is plastic and that the average on beaches on islands in the Mediterranean as a whole is 92%. These percentages relate to the 2019 study, for which the beaches of El Torà (Paguera), Es Caragol (Santanyi) and Sa Canova (Arta, […]
Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) organized a public human chain and rally on Ban Single-Use Plastic in Bangladesh". The human chain and rally took place in Mymensingh City. Along with the ESDO team, people from different social and economic backgrounds took part in the human chain followed by a rally to show their support […]
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 […]
Local government aims to reduce marine plastic by 70 percent over the next six months. Thousands have gathered in Bali as part of an annual cleanup of the island's beaches, the first since the popular tourist destination introduced a ban on single-use plastics. Local authorities aim to reduce the island's plastic consumption – but implementing […]
The Dhaka University campus was declared free from polythene and plastic wastes at a prgramme held at the Curzon Hall of the university on Friday. In presence of the environment, forest and climate change minister Md Shahab Uddin, DU vice-chancellor M Aktaruzzaman, pro-VC Muhammad Samad and other teachers, students took oath to keep the campus […]
On Wednesday, 05 February 2020, ESDO organized Awareness Campaigns on Single Use Plastic (SUP) ban issue in different location of Dhaka City like Rayer Bazar, Hajaribag, TSC, Dhaka University area. IEC materials such as leaflets, flyers and factsheets were distributed among the people to create mass awareness about the harmful impacts of single use plastic. […]
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