The production of plastic products needs to be minimised as recycling alone is not sufficient to tackle plastic pollution. City corporations bear a substantial amount of the clean-up cost due to indiscriminate disposal of single-use plastic products. In Bangladesh, there is a potential to create a circular market for single-use plastic products if there is a proper network between waste collectors or local recycling shops and plastic manufacturers.
Authors: Fahmida Khatun, Syed Yusuf Saadat & Afrin Mahbub
Publication Period: March 2023