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Shuvosangho campaigns to prevent use of plastic, polythene in Bogura
Shuvosangho, a voluntary platform of Bashundhara Group, has conducted a mass campaign in Sherpur Upazila of Bogura, to raise awareness about the harmful environmental impacts of using plastic items and polythene bags. The event took place at the conference room of Ulipur Ameria Samatullah Womens...
Philippines makes companies pay to tackle plastic scourge
Long one of the worlds top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to pay for waste solutions will help clean up its act, reports AFP. Last year, its Extended Producer Responsibility statute came into force -- the first in Southeast Asia to...
Scientists identify lesser mealworm's potential to tackle plastic waste
Scientists at the Nairobi-based International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) announced on Monday a promising approach to addressing the plastic waste problem using the lesser mealworm. Scientists at the ICIPE have invented that the larvae of a species of darkling beetle known...
DoE and UNIDO hold clean-up campaign to curve single-use plastics use
Clean-up campaign held at Taltola Market, Agargaon in Dhaka aiming to raise awareness among local communities and market stakeholders to reduce the usage of single-use plastics (SUP), and promoting sustainable plastics use. Department of Environment (DoE) on Thursday (October 17) structured the...