Health Desk-22
October, 2019: Some 87,000 tonnes of single-use plastic materials are
dumpred every year, of which about 96 percent constituted food and personal
care product packaging.
About 35 percent of the total of these wastes are sachets,
which are completely non-recyclable.
ESDO, the Environment & Social Development Organisation,
said this after its second annual survey of plastics use in Bangladesh.
This year ESDO focused exclusively on single-use plastics
(SUP). The organisation surveyed over
800 people in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh, asking detailed questions
about what types of plastic they use, where these plastic items come from, and
how they are disposed off.
In addition, the study integrated the findings from ESDO’s
2018 study of 1200 people from four major divisional cities (Dhaka, Chittagong,
Rajshahi and Sylhet) to derive a comprehensive overview on urban situation.
Most single-use plastic used in Bangladesh are not disposed
of properly, and so they end up in the landfills, lakes, rivers, or in the
ocean.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that 73
thousand tonnes of plastic waste end up in the sea through Bangladesh’s major
rivers Brahmaputra, Meghna and Ganges.
Airlines, residential hotels, restaurants and super shops
have also emerged as significant sources of single use plastic waste.
ESDO’s study indicates that over 2,000 tonnes of single-use
plastics are used by restaurants every year, with an additional 700 tonnes
coming from airlines and 600 tonnes from hotels.
Plastics are made up of many chemical components released
into the environment when improperly disposed.
In addition, many types of plastics contain additives.
People are exposed to these chemicals not only during manufacturing, but also
by using plastic packages, because some chemicals migrate from the plastic
packaging to the foods they contain.
http://amarhealth.com/environment-health/4588/87000tonnessingle-useplasticmaterialsdumpedannually
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