Chattogram Bureau :
Directorate of Environment (DOE) in Chattogram seized one ton polythene shopping bags after conducting a drive in Kalamia Bazar area under Bakulia upazila of the district recently.
Plastic pollution is a growing problem in Chattogram.
This City is particularly at great risk. In last few years, production and consumption of diversified plastic products have been extended from households to industrial purposes. That means, the range of plastic waste has also increased.
On Monday, Directorate of Environment (DOE) in Chattogram seized Two tones of banned polythene shopping bags after conducting a drive at a polythene-manufacturing factory in kalamia Bazar area under Bakulia upazila of the district.
On receiving information, a team of Department of Environment (DoE) led director Azadur Rahman Mollick, conducted the drive at the factory and recovered the polythene bags, said Songjukta Das Gupta, assistant director of DoE. Chattogram currently faces the worst case scenario of sea pollution due to plastic one of the worst pollutants that are harming the seas and oceans.
Marine litter or debris, which include plastic wastes, are the persistent, manufactured, processed solid material found in marine and coastal areas predominantly the result of poor waste management is a fundamental problem due to its harmful effect on the environment, wildlife and human health in the Bay of Bengal, says a country report based on the reviews of scientific and policy documents together with a recent preliminary survey on marine litter along four beaches of Bangladesh.
The report, titled “National Status including Database, Proposed Recycling Enterprise and Interventions on Marine Litter,” is the outcome of a South Asian Seas Program (SASP) called the Preparation of Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter in the SAS region.
The Department of Environment under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change prepared the report, is the first of its kind in Bangladesh, with technical support from the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) and funding from the United Nations Environment Program (Unep).
According to the report, marine litter reaches the ocean from the land through river runoff, drainage system, wind action and intentional or unintentional discharge of materials in the sea due to human activities.
The survey also found bottle caps and lids, drums, jerry cans, buckets, disposable utensils, straws, stirrers, drink packaging, food containers, bags, gloves, cigarette lighters, syringes, baskets, crates and trays, mesh bags, fishing gear, and many other kinds of plastic waste in the beaches.Plastic consumption in urban areas of the country has increased significantly which is even higher compared to other countries and regions
Directorate of Environment (DOE) in Chattogram seized one ton polythene shopping bags after conducting a drive in Kalamia Bazar area under Bakulia upazila of the district recently.
Plastic pollution is a growing problem in Chattogram.
This City is particularly at great risk. In last few years, production and consumption of diversified plastic products have been extended from households to industrial purposes. That means, the range of plastic waste has also increased.
On Monday, Directorate of Environment (DOE) in Chattogram seized Two tones of banned polythene shopping bags after conducting a drive at a polythene-manufacturing factory in kalamia Bazar area under Bakulia upazila of the district.
On receiving information, a team of Department of Environment (DoE) led director Azadur Rahman Mollick, conducted the drive at the factory and recovered the polythene bags, said Songjukta Das Gupta, assistant director of DoE. Chattogram currently faces the worst case scenario of sea pollution due to plastic one of the worst pollutants that are harming the seas and oceans.
Marine litter or debris, which include plastic wastes, are the persistent, manufactured, processed solid material found in marine and coastal areas predominantly the result of poor waste management is a fundamental problem due to its harmful effect on the environment, wildlife and human health in the Bay of Bengal, says a country report based on the reviews of scientific and policy documents together with a recent preliminary survey on marine litter along four beaches of Bangladesh.
The report, titled “National Status including Database, Proposed Recycling Enterprise and Interventions on Marine Litter,” is the outcome of a South Asian Seas Program (SASP) called the Preparation of Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter in the SAS region.
The Department of Environment under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change prepared the report, is the first of its kind in Bangladesh, with technical support from the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) and funding from the United Nations Environment Program (Unep).
According to the report, marine litter reaches the ocean from the land through river runoff, drainage system, wind action and intentional or unintentional discharge of materials in the sea due to human activities.
The survey also found bottle caps and lids, drums, jerry cans, buckets, disposable utensils, straws, stirrers, drink packaging, food containers, bags, gloves, cigarette lighters, syringes, baskets, crates and trays, mesh bags, fishing gear, and many other kinds of plastic waste in the beaches.Plastic consumption in urban areas of the country has increased significantly which is even higher compared to other countries and regions
