“Plastic Tracker,” as it is being called, will store data on plastic waste at individual level that can be accessed anytime by the user. “The goal is to help people keep track their plastic wastes and raise awareness about their harmful impact on the environment,” Dataful project leader Polash Datta said. Bangladeshi cities produced 821,250 tons of plastic wastes in 2019, and only 36% of them were recycled, Dataful said in a statement citing a survey by West Concern. Plastic wastes have now become ubiquitous and a 2016 report warned that there will be more plastic in ocean than fish by 2050. The UN says that around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, while up to five trillion single-use plastic bags are used worldwide every year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 14, 2020 09:45 UTC