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 the two key targets which the “SCIP Plastics Project CUET” team is aiming to achieve. In order to create a mass awareness about the adverse impacts of plastic pollution to the environment along with drawing attention on research activities to find alternative solutions that reduce the plastic use, Department of Civil Engineering, CUET SCIP project wing arranged a round table seminar at hotel Peninsula, Chattogram on 14 november 2022. Notable national Bengali & English daily covered the news and disseminated relevant information to the mass people about the SCIP Project goals.

Famous Bengali daily named “দৈনিক পূর্বকোণ” addressing the negative impacts of plastic pollution issue, shaded lights on the demand for extensive research activities to discover alternatives of plastic use. Chattogram city corporation mayor Md. Rezaul Karim as an honorable guest stated in the seminar that “Although plastic use is tightly related to our daily life, children should be made aware about the consequences of plastic pollution from primary education” particularly highlighted in Bengali daily named “সুপ্রভাত”. “দৈনিক পূর্বদেশ”, The Business Standard and many other daily newspapers explicitly mentioned about the honorable guests and shared their key note speech, governing body of SCIP Plastics Project team officials, funding agency of the project & other in detailed information related to the project & seminar