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Waste Concern

Waste Concern was founded in 1995 with the motto “ Waste is a Resource”. Later Waste Concern Group was formed to achieve a common vision to contribute towards waste recycling, environmental improvement, renewable energy, poverty reduction through job creation, and sustainable development.Waste Concern Group is a Social Business Enterprise (SBE) comprising both “For Profit” and “Not-for Profit” enterprises.

Waste Concern Consultants

Waste Concern Consultants is a leading consultancy firm based in Bangladesh, providing consulting services and project assistance since  2000. Waste Concern and Waste Concern Consultants are sister organizations with a common vision  to contribute to poverty reduction,waste recycling,environmental improvement and sustainable development.

Road map

1995

  • Waste Concern starts operation.
  • Waste Concern Initiated the model of a Decentralized community-based composting Initiative in Bangladesh

2000

  • Waste Concern Consultants starts operation to provide consultancy services on waste management , sanitation, climate change mitigation

2005

  • ESCAP started to replicate the model of Waste Concern in Vietnam, Sri Lanka.
  • Replications of this model in cities/ towns of Bangladesh.
  • Waste Concern and worldwide Recycling BV jointly prepares baseline methodology for avoided methane emission from organic waste through composting. The methodology was approved by UNFCCC

2008

  • Waste Concern Established Globally first compost plant based on carbon trading in Dhaka, Bangladesh

2009

  • ESCAP in partnership with Waste Concern launched a regional project called Pro-Poor and Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Secondary Cities and Small Towns in Asian-Pacific.

2012

  • ESCAP in partnership with Waste Concern launched a project entitled Co-composting of Municipal Solid Waste and FS for Agriculture in Kushtia city, Bangladesh

2014

  • ESCAP, Waste Concern, South Pole Carbon and the UNFCCC secretariat took the initiative of quantifying and monetizing the co-benefits of  recycling of waste.

2016

  • ESCAP in partnership with Waste Concern initiated co-composting and biogas to electricity general project using organic waste and faecal sludge in Malang Regency and Jambi city, Indonesia.
  • Asian Development Bank financed a Regional Landfill with Recycling facility having composing, biogas to electricity, faecal sludge recycling, and controlled landfill using the concept of IRRC

2020

  • Waste Concern Consultants initiated legacy waste management in Laos and integrated landfill and resource recovery approach

2022

  • WCC designed decentralized waste waster system of LICs of Chittagong city corporation

2023

  • WCC designed integrated landfill and resource recovery project and regional waste treatment facilities for 26 towns in  Bangladesh. The project was funded by AIIB  

Co-Founders
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Abu Hasnat Md. Maqsood Sinha

Co-Founder and Executive Director
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Iftekhar Enayetullah

Co-Founder and Director
Team
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Syed Zubair Ahmed

Senior Training Officer

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Md. Mostafezur Rahman

Senior Research Officer

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Md. Masum

Senior CAD & GIS Specialist

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Merina Afrose

Project Accounts Officer

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Aparna Mondal

Accounts Officer

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Syed Jahidul Hasan

Administration and Office Manager

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Md. Nazrul Islam

Senior Urban planning and Resettlement Specialist

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Md. Riaz Uddin Sadhe

Site Engineer

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Hosneara Yeasmin Mili

CAD Operator

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Lazim Munim Esti

Urban Planner

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Sangha Mitra Datta Gupta

Urban Planner

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Nusaiba Nashin

Junior Architect

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Md. Badrul Alam Siddiquee

IT Specialist

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Md. Amjad Hossain

Auto CAD Specialist

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Partha Pratim Ghosh

Senior Site Engineer

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Md. Mahfuzur Rahman

Architect

Dr. Hasna Hena Begum

Senior Specialist Environment

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Sajjad Hossain

Procurement Specialist

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Ayub Khan

Office Assistant

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Rina

Office Assistant

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Md. Ibrahim

Office Assistant

Consultant/Advisor

Dr. Ijaz Hossain, Advisor

Senior Chemical Engineer and Climate Change Expert

Dr. A.T.M Nurul Amin, Advisor

Senior Economist

Gourango Lal Roy, Consultant

Senior Electrical Engineer

Shamsul Haque, Consultant

Senior Structural Engineer

Md. Shamsul Alam Siddiqui, Consultant

Senior Plumbing Engineer

S. Rumi Saifullah, Consultant

Industrial Engineer

Md. Nazmul Hasan, Consultant

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Moushumi Ahmed, Consultant

Senior Architect

Dr. Asif M. Zaman, Consultant

Senior Environmental Specialist

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