Potential of e-waste recycling remains untapped

Residents in Dhaka are quite familiar with informal buyers of obsolete computers, laptops, batteries of Instant Power Supply and other malfunctioned home appliances. These collectors buy obsolete or damaged electronic and electrical items from residents at nominal prices and sell those items to informal traders who are engaged in recycling. And frequent visits by these […]

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E-waste management policy being finalized

In 2021, Bangladesh will produce 1,169.98 tons of mobile e-waste Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday said a policy on managing e-waste was at its final stage. “It is currently with the law ministry,” he said at a roundtable discussion on “E-waste management: A huge challenge for Bangladesh” organized by Telecom […]

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E-waste: A growing concern

Rapid progress in science and information technology, growing manufacturing activities, expanding urbanisation and increasing globalisation have elevated consumption and production for newer, better and faster electrical and electronic devices. With the growing use of these devices by businesses and households, the rate, at which people are constantly rejecting outdated product, is rapidly rising. Many of […]

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