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87,000 tonnes single-use plastic materials dumped annually



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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