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| Citation | Haque, Anisul, and J. N. B. Bell. “Plastics Recycling in a Developing Country: A Case Study from Dhaka, Bangladesh.” Regional Development Studies 4 (1998): 181-192. | ||
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| Year | 1998 | ||
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| Material Type | Journal Article | ||
| Features | 25 notes; 2 additional references; 3 tables | ||
| Pages | p. 181-192 | ||
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BANGLADESH 01.04.04 CASE STUDIES 18.04.01 PLASTICS 08.12.07 SOLID WASTES 12.08.01 WASTE RECYCLING 16.04.02 | ||
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Bangladesh achieves close to a 100 per cent recycling rate for its plastic waste, and thus appears to have one
of the most efficient plastics recycling systems in the world, driven by the economic necessity which is
assoicated with poverty. The minimization of the uncertainties associated with the present system of plastics
recycling, particularly the quality and quantity of both the reclaimed plastics and recycled products, has
become one of the key issues in solid waste management (SWM) in Dhaka. This study is an overview of the
present state of recycling in order to provide information useful in determining scenarios concerned with its
sustainability. An attemp has also been made to determine the dynamics and flows of the plastics recycling
system in Dhaka.
Economic and social forces have concentrated all stages of this recycling process in the older part of Dhaka. Five to eight operational stages in the plastics recycling stream have been identified. The key activities are collection of wastes, and their sorting into resin types and colour classes. An average daily total of 33 tonnes of post-user plastic waste from all parts of the country is accumulated and subsequently recycled. The dirty post-user plastic waste is only recycled into low-grade products. Both conceptual and technological advances in waste disposal, collection, and processing and reprocessing methods would help to improve the current recycling system and, thus, the quality of the recycled products. --Journal abstract | ||
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