Sustainable Waste Management Policy in Bangladesh: A Critical Legal Analysis

Abstract

Waste management has become a global concern nowadays. In developing countries, it’s become more alarming, but it can be minimised through proper management policy. Developing countries like Bangladesh waste disposal in open place and burning of waste materials are the main implemented method and these are the final disposal systems of waste management. This paper will review the inadequacy of waste management policies and the main impacts of it in Bangladesh. This study will focused on the major problems and imminent risks caused by the uncontrolled waste disposal in Bangladesh. Reviews of the scientific literature on the dire effects of unsafe and inappropriate waste management to our environment and recommendations for appropriate management will provide. Waste can be recycled if it is collected and managed properly & this study will focus on that matter also, by showing a roadmap of appropriate waste recycling policy for Bangladesh. This research paper will compare the existing waste management policies of Bangladesh with the unerring and appropriate waste management policies of many developed & zero waste countries. Through this comparison some new ideas on necessary management policies and laws will be presented in the context of Bangladesh, some sustainable policies and management will be outlined to avoid inappropriate waste management policies and its potentially dire consequences.