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Plastic bottle recycling in Dhaka

Almost all juice, beverage and drinking water products are packaged in plastic bottles. These bottles are collected from streets, shops and homes before recycling in factories.

Plastic bottles are piled up for recycling at a factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Plastic bottles are piled up for recycling at a factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Sufia Begum has been working in a plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh for eight months. She gets Tk 400-500 as daily wage. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Sufia Begum has been working in a plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh for eight months. She gets Tk 400-500 as daily wage. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Rayhan, a boy who gave a single name, plays in a pile of plastic bottles at a recycling plant where his mother works in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Rayhan, a boy who gave a single name, plays in a pile of plastic bottles at a recycling plant where his mother works in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Turna, a girl who gave a single name, plays in a pile of plastic bottles at a recycling plant where her mother works in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Turna, a girl who gave a single name, plays in a pile of plastic bottles at a recycling plant where her mother works in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
A child works at a plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
A child works at a plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Around 25 women work in this plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Around 25 women work in this plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Around 25 women work in this plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Around 25 women work in this plastic bottle recycling factory in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu

bdnews24.com News Service

Published : 06 Oct 2023, 07:56 PM

Updated : 06 Oct 2023, 07:56 PM

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