Experts at a seminar on Sunday said that food wastage intensified food insecurity and social inequalities, creating a significant divide between those who can afford to waste food and those who struggle with hunger...
THE losses incurred by a growing waste of food 鈥� before, during and after the harvest of agricultural produces 鈥� stand to threaten food security. A government study, Estimation of Overall Food Losses and Waste at all Levels of the Food Chain that the horticulture department of the Bangladesh Agricultural University conducted and made public in...
RELIANCE on centralised waste collection and landfill disposal is financially burdensome and unsustainable. Landfills are rapidly losing capacity, leading to waste overflow along roads and...
PRAN-RFL group has signed a memorandum of understanding with LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited to foster a sustainable future through efficient and sustainable waste management of non-reusable materials, says a press release.
Walton has launched 鈥楥omputer Exchange Offer Season-4鈥� campaign aiming to ensure proper e-waste management...
The absence of a comprehensive policy framework for circular textiles, which would incentivise the recycling of post-industrial textile waste known as jhut, is causing Bangladesh to forgo $5 billion in potential annual export revenues from recycled textile products, according to a recent study...
AS WE aim a smart Bangladesh by 2041, almost all urban centres, including Dhaka, grapple with significant challenges in solid waste management. Global warming, deforestation and unplanned urbanisation are exacerbating the issues, making urban living increasingly difficult...
A SURGE in electronic waste, or e-waste, generation and a lack of a formal mechanism for e-waste management are concerning. The Global E-Waste Monitor 2024, published by the International Telecommunication Union, a specialised agency of the United Nations, says that Bangladesh is one of the largest e-waste generators in South Asia and...
The global loss due to inadequate e-waste management practices amounts to $37 billion annually, with Bangladesh being a significant contributor, according to a study conducted by the International Telecommunication Union...
Halving food waste could cut climate-warming emissions and end undernourishment for 153 million people globally, the OECD and the UN鈥檚 food agency said...
WASTE is material that has been consumed and the valuable or usable portion removed, making it no longer desired. Household waste is defined as solid waste...
Dhaka South City Corporation established a central control room for removing sacrificial animals鈥� waste and coordinating management activities of cattle markets...
The Unilever Bangladesh Limited, the country鈥檚 leading fast moving consumer goods company, in collaboration with Young Power in Social Action and Sunsilk, has taken a proactive stance in addressing the environmental crisis with the launch of the AwareWave campaign under its employee volunteering platform, Proyash...
