As Bangladesh's economy grows and the country becomes rapidly urbanized, plastic pollution has become an escalating problem. Moving forward, the Government of Bangladesh aims for sustainable development by stepping up and modernizing the action on pollution and waste management and adopting appropriate approaches, including circular economy. The report is part of a deep dive on plastic waste management in Bangladesh, an analytical product under the Building Back Greener Bangladesh Programmatic Analytics and Advisory Services aimed to support the government of Bangladesh to better understand the status of plastic issues and form a basis on which to tackle plastic waste management in a more systematic and comprehensive manner. The deep dive builds on the analytics and aligns with the recommendations set forward in the Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) (2023) and the Multisectoral Action Plan for Sustainable Plastic Management in Bangladesh (2021) focusing on different areas of policy and regulatory reforms
economic instruments
technology and infrastructure
and awareness raising. It supports the Bank's commitment to work with countries around the world to pursue and scale-up policies and programs that help them move toward a circular plastic economy and, in partnership with civil society and the private sector, harnesses the power of innovation to bring viable and sustainable solutions for plastic waste reduction and management.