Stakeholder Consultation and Roundtable meeting on ‘Phase out the use of single-use plastic from the coastal area of Bangladesh’

The tourism sector contributes significantly to the problem of excessive plastic usage, but it is also a victim of it. According to National Geographic, plastic makes up 73% of beach…

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Public Demand for Strict Legislation and Enforcement for Nationwide Ban on Single-use Plastic

To raise public awareness about the hazardous environmental consequences of using single-use plastic products and to make people understand the importance of waste segregation, Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)…

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Report Launching of “The Plastic Deluge: In the Sylhet City Corporation Area, Bangladesh”

Around 54 tons of plastic garbage was generated per day by Sylhet City Corporation in 2021. This plastic garbage mostly contained sachets, one-time-use utensils, personal care items, and different other…

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Environmental Groups Call for International Action to Control Plastic Chemicals!

Environmental activists and experts demanded an international response to prevent the spread of toxic chemicals in plastic pallets. Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO arranged a media briefing both physically and…

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High-level Policy Dialogue on The Global Agreement on Marine Litter & Plastic Pollution for the Upcoming Fifth Session of United Nations Environment Assembly – UNEA 5.2

The plastic pollution catastrophe is caused by a variety of factors, but the broadness of our ocean's poisoning is terrifying. Microplastics have now been found in all maritime ecosystems and…

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Third Virtual Session to launch a network on “Bangladesh Network for Banning Single-Use Plastic”

“Single-Use Plastic is the most toxic pollutant in the plastic waste stream, to protect the ecosystem and public health it is an urgent need to Ban SUP Immediately”. Activists and…

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