Waste management in Bangladesh

Waste management in Bangladesh faces significant challenges due to the country’s large and rapidly growing population, high population density, and accelerating urbanization. Inadequate waste collection, limited recycling infrastructure, and heavy reliance on informal waste handling systems have resulted in widespread environmental and public health concerns.

Bangladesh is the ninth most populous and twelfth most densely populated country in the world. In particular, the projected urban population growth rate from 2010 to 2015 is 3%.  With this population growth, there is an increasing problem of waste management particularly in the larger cities. Currently, according to an UNFPA report, Dhaka is one of the most polluted cities in the world and one of the issues concerned is the management of municipal waste. As for solid waste like paper, carton, metal, plastics, Pet Bottles, e-waste, there was no initiatives to ensure environment friendly recycling. But from 2018 there is a local startup named BD Recycle technologies limited (BRTL) (www.brtlcenter.com) working to digitalized and organize solid waste recycling. BRTL have a webapp and Android app to buy waste from corporates, households, and factories. BRTL collects waste, then sort waste and send to factory end recycler who ensure sustainable recycling.

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