Dhaka’s solid waste management system has seen no major improvement in the past few years despite various initiatives taken by the two city corporations. The steps include urban public and environmental health development projects, community-based waste management activities, development of sanitary landfill, medical waste recycling plant and waste-based power plant. Flouting rules and ordersThe city corporations’ solid waste management rules stipulate that the local bodies must collect waste from every house regularly. DNCC Chief Waste Management Officer Commodore Abdur Razzak said they were planning to replace the bins and apply a new method. DNCC’s 3R waste management failedA Tk21cr project, financed by Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund, also failed to achieve its goal due to lack of awareness and poor waste management system,insiders say.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 11, 2018 21:11 UTC