Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said on Thursday the government would take an initiative to produce fertilizer from waste as it is working to turn wastes into resources, reports BSS.
"An initiative is going to be taken to produce fertilizer from waste. From now on, USAID will collect waste from Dhaka slums to help the government," he told reporters after a meeting with the delegation of USAID and 'Dhaka Calling' at Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka.
Saber said by 2025, around 50,000 tonnes of waste would be generated in various sectors in the country daily.
"In the future, not only the city, but the waste of all areas will have to be managed. By collecting those, the government along with private sector will take steps to produce fertilizer from waste," he said.
The minister said fertilizer import would decrease if the production of fertilizer from waste begins and this will save a lot of foreign exchange.
He said as per the 100 working-day programme of his ministry, the National Waste Management Framework will be formulated on a priority basis.
He said initiatives would also be taken to recycle single use plastic and considering the future needs, waste management plans would be undertaken by identifying the sites and acquiring land.
Expressing concern over the waste management of Savar tannery, the environment minister said the tannery waste having chromium was putting a serious threat to human health.
He said his ministry wanted to resolve the problem in consultation with the Ministry of Industries.
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