Construction of the Integrated Landfill and Resource Recovery Center (IL&RRC) Starts in Jessore, Bangladesh Construction of the first regional Integrated Landfill and Resource Recovery Center (IL&RRC) of Bangladesh started on November 2016 in Jessore municipality. The idea is to allow smaller towns to use this facility. The proposed IL&RRC can divert 85-90% incoming waste from…
Waste Concern and UN-ESCAP has launched a E-course on sustainable solid waste management.
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Waste Concern in partnership with UN-ESCAP has launched a E-course on sustainable solid waste management.
Sustainable Development Benefits of Waste NAMAs
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Waste Concern participates in the Webinar (a web based seminar) and gave a talk on the topic `Sustainable Development Benefits of Waste NAMAs’ . UNDP’s Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme supports 25 countries worldwide in their strive to develop NAMAs, LEDS, MRV systems and to engage the private sector in mitigation action. Among the…
Waste Concern Receives Environment Award 2007
Department of Environment (DoE) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has awarded Waste Concern with Environment Award 2007 in the category of Research and Development of Innovative Technologies and its Applications. This is the first ever Environment Award introduced by the Government of Bangladesh for out standing contribution…
United Nation’s ‘Race Against Poverty Award’ 2002
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) commemorated the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2002 with the resentation of the ‘Race Against Poverty’ awards at the United Nations in New York. The annual global awards honour one individual or an organisation from each region for their outstanding contribution towards improving the economic and social life…