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Amidst the cosy ambience of a restaurant at the Peninsula Hotel in Chattogram city, the SCIP research team arranged an informal meeting on 22nd February 2023. Chattogram City’s honorable mayor, Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, was invited as the Chief guest. The Vice-Chancellor of CUET – Mohammad Rafiqul Alam, and Dean of

After a fruitful meeting with CPA on 22nd February, 2023, the SCIP team headed towards the Arefin Nagar landfill, one of the two landfills of the Chattogram Municipality. The SCIP team visited the landfill along with the faecal sludge treatment plant of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC). Professors from the CUET

The SCIP team visited the small plastic recycling shops in Korbaniganj on 22nd February, 2023. The shop owners described the work process and activities in their shop to the SCIP team. The recycling shop usually collects plastics from recycling waste traders and waste collectors. Then they sort, shred, wash and

A meeting was held between the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the SCIP team on 22nd February, 2023. On behalf of the CPA, Member (Engineering) – Commodore Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Deputy Conservator – Captain Faridul Alam and Executive Engineer (Harbour) – Sabrina Haque were present. From the SCIP side, the

Plastic debris discharge in the Bay of Bengal is a growing threat to the natural habitats and environmental health of Bangladesh. Developing viable countermeasures and possible ways to tackle plastic discharge directly into the sea as well as to evaluate potentiality of using jute fiber-based products replacing plastic-based products are

On October 2, 2022, a meeting was held with the Chairman of the Chattogram Port, Rear admiral M. Shahjahan at his office. On behalf of the SCIP team, Scientific director – Prof Dr. Farzana Rahman Zuthi, Scientific experts – Prof Dr. Sudip Kumar Pal and Prof Dr. Asiful Hoque, Project