Diplomats warned on Friday of a looming showdown in negotiations to reach the world鈥檚 first deal to curb plastic pollution, after a new draft text emerged littered with competing visions and on-going disagreements.
Negotiators must move 鈥榮ignificantly鈥� faster to reach a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution, the diplomat chairing the talks warned Wednesday, as countries lined up to express frustration about the limited progress...
THE government has renewed the ban on the use of polythene and polypropylene shopping bags in super stores beginning on October 1. After two decades, the law was revisited for a nationwide enforcement beginning on November 1. It was not the use but its indiscriminate disposal that prompted the ban on the production, sales and use of polythene...
A total of 323 kilogrammes of plastic waste was collected from the Kuakata beach point in Patuakhali on Saturday.
A fire broke out in the 鈥榝oam type plastic floater鈥� of a dredger kept on the bank of the Jamuna River in front of the Dredger Beige office in the Aricha port area at 鈥嬧�婼hibalay upazila in Manikganj...
The Plastic Foundation, a platform representing 14 plastic manufacturers鈥� associations, on Monday urged the government to consult with stakeholders to assess the economic impact before implementing its plan to phase out single-use plastic products...
Toys and other products made from recycled plastic for children contain toxic substances, including heavy metals, revealed a study on Thursday...
Adviser for Ministries of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Road Transport and Bridges and Railways Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan issued two directives regarding the banning of single-use plastic water bottles and the formulation of recruitment and promotion policies for different entities under his ministries.
SINCE the interim government has undertaken its responsibility, it has made considerable efforts to reduce plastic use. Single-use plastic bottles have been banned at the chief adviser鈥檚...
To control environmental pollution caused by single-use plastic items, the Cabinet Division has instructed all government offices to use alternative products...
The state guest House Jamuna, the office of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, has been declared a plastic bottle-free zone.
Adviser for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Wednesday urged united efforts to make Saint Martins Island, Kuakata and Sundarbans plastic and polythene-free...
With months until crunch talks on the world鈥檚 first binding treaty on plastic pollution, experts are meeting in Bangkok to discuss financing options and problematic plastics...
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...
AS THE fourth negotiating session on the United Nations plastics treaty comes to a close, pressing questions loom: Will world leaders finalise a robust agreement by the end of this year that effectively halts plastic pollution at its source? Despite the fortitude of countries within...
The export of plastic products witnessed a healthy growth of nearly 18 per cent during the July-April period of the current fiscal year (FY24) fetching $201.09 million due to...
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestl茅 have been identified as the top three contributors to global plastic pollution in a new study published in the journal Science Advances on April 24.....
Two more victims who sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in the capital鈥檚 Bhashantek area on April 12 died while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the...