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Buriganga's pitiful plight of plastic pollution

Tanvir AhammedDhaka

The river Buriganga is now listed as one of the most polluted rivers in the world. Industrial waste and sewage of the capital city pour into the river. Plastic is also being disposed in the river, adding to the already pervasive pollution.

Hundreds of plastic recycling factories have sprung up on the banks of Buriganga. Polythene and plastic collected from all over is washed in the river. The river is turning black with pollution.

The waste polythene being dried on the river banks
Garbage, including waste plastic, being burnt on the banks of the river
Paper being separated from old plastic waste
Paper separated from plastic waste, left to soak in the river
Two workers vigorously washing plastic waste in the river
Bits and pieces of plastic from the recycling factories being washed in the river
After being washed, the plastic bits and pieces are dried on the banks of the Buriganga
Washed in the river, colourful plastic being laid out to dry on Buriganga's banks
Dirty polythene being washed in the Buriganga
Plastic spread out to dry on the river banks
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