Date: 27-28 February 2007
Place: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Organizer:
Department of Environment of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF),
UNCRD
The Waste Concern
Supporter:
Ministry of the Environment-Japan
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Participants:
Ministry of Local Government-Bangladesh,
Ministry of Local Government Rural Development and Co-operatives (MLGRDC)-Bangladesh
Key government ministries/agencies
Dhaka city and other local governments
Asia Development Bank (ADB)
South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP)
Academia
Consulting corporations and other business sector
The workshop was organized with the objectives to provide an in-depth review on selected issues related to the promotion of 3R in Bangladesh, which include among others:
international experiences on 3R;
municipal solid waste management;
medical waste management;
industrial and hazardous waste management; and
way forward to promote 3R in Bangladesh and the need for National 3R Strategy.
At the opening session, the Honorable Advisors for MoEF and MLGRDC addressed the importance of 3R initiatives. In the first four technical sessions in the workshop, many experts from government, international organizations and NGOs shared their knowledge and experiences on each technical field. Among them, Mr. Kaburagi from UNCRD explained the concept of 3R initiative and the importance of establishment of legal systems for waste management. After the technical sessions, the Bangladeshi participants had an active discussion on the three technical topics (municipal waste, medical waste and industrial / hazardous waste). The points of the discussion were presented in the last session after Mr. C.R.C. Mohanty from UNCRD made a presentation entitled 'National 3R Strategies -- Needs, Concepts and Principles' in order to facilitate the needs for 3R national strategy for Bangladesh.
