Client    ADB/DOE

Description of work:  

Preparation of an inventory of Hazardous Waste in Bangladesh.

Activities performed: i) Updated the inventory of hazardous wastes, as a basis to formulate the hazardous wastes management regulation; ii) Reviewed the present studies on hospital wastes and lead batteries, as well as POPs  iii) Identified key industries to be included in the survey; iv) Prepared an approach and designed a survey for collecting primary data; v) Assisted the DOE in conducting workshops with the chamber of commerce and industry and other relevant sectors to test the survey tools; and  v) undertook the survey and analyzed the results of the survey and made predictions about waste generation for the next 5 to 10 years.

Location:     Bangladesh

Period:      2007