State guest house Jamuna ditches plastic bottles
The state guest House Jamuna, the office of chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, has been declared a plastic bottle-free zone.
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United efforts urged for polythene-free St Martins, Kuakata, Sundarbans
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...
Experts meet as final global plastic treaty talks near
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...
UBL campaigns on plastic waste management
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...
Plastics: an ocean justice crisis
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...
Plastic product exports witness nearly 18pc growth
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, Nestl茅 among top plastic polluters: Study
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.....
Death toll in Bhashantek gas cylinder blast rises to 3
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...