The government will never allow plastic waste trade in the country, said Md Shahab Uddin, minister of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, on Sunday.
He made the comment at a virtual high-level policy dialogue organised by Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO to discuss “toxic plastic waste trade and its trans-boundary movement” in Bangladesh.
The minister addressed the event as the chief guest.
“Developed countries like the USA and UK have tried to send their plastic waste to our country. But, in May 2019, some 1400 delegates who also included delegates from Bangladesh agreed to include plastic waste into the “Basel Convention” and develop a legal framework,” the minister added.
The government of Bangladesh has committed to ratify the Basel Ban Amendment and already developed a legal framework to control the trans-boundary movement of plastic wastes. Moreover, ‘Import Policy Order 2015-2018’ restricts entrance of any waste into Bangladesh,’ the minister continued.
“The government has not allowed and will never allow plastic waste and its illegal trade into our country,” said the minister.
Bangladesh will discuss the trans-boundary movement of plastic wastes from China and India through Meghna, Bhramaputra, and Ganges river system, said speakers with calls to monitor that illegal entrance of plastic wastes from developed countries.
