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. […]
The floods are feared to be the worst since 2002, when parts of Germany and the Czech Republic were devastated and communities in Austria, Slovakia, Russia and Romania were affected. Seven deaths have been reported in the Czech Republic, while southern and eastern areas of Germany, including Bavaria and Saxony, are also badly impacted by […]
July 6, 2013: The California wildfire has destroyed forest and homes in an area just north of Los Angeles. All evacuations were lifted for communities near the Powerhouse fire in the Antelope Valley, officials said Tuesday. “We’re cautiously optimistic that if the conditions continue, we’ll be able to see containment early next week,” said Los […]
By TFK Kid Reporter Alaa Osman Sea World Orlando has a new attraction. It’s called Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin. I got to visit the Florida theme park on opening weekend to learn all about it. The exhibit features nearly 250 penguins, including Adelie and rockhoppers. I even got to pet one! The animals all live […]
Exposure to lead causes significant and widespread injury to human health. Of all toxic environmental pollutants, harms from lead exposure are probably better understood and better documented than are the affects of any other toxic environmental pollutant. Children are especially sensitive to lead and the World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that there is no […]
Trend of Urban Waste Creation in Bangladesh There is an increasing rate of waste generation in Bangladesh and it is projected to reach 47, 064 tonnes per day by 2025. The Waste Generation Rate (kg/cap/day) is expected to increase to 0.6 in 2025. A significant percentage of the population has zero access to proper waste […]
What are the POPs The Stockholm Convention on persistant organic pollutants identifies 12 substances as persistant organic pollutants or POPs, they are: Aldrin, Chlordane, DDT, Dieldrin, Dioxins, Furans, Endrin, Heptachlor, Hexachlorobenzene, Mirex, Toxaphane and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). POPs are chemical substances having the properties: Produced and mobilized into the environment as a result of human activity, i.e. […]
Bangladesh was the first country to ban plastic bags and over a decade later many developed countries are still struggling to emulate this success. Although plastic bags make up only a small percentage of all litter, the impact of these bags is significant. Plastic bags are particularly noticeable components of the litter stream due to […]
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