Government Offices Begin Journey to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics with Secretariat Pilot — Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, announced today that the journey to phase out single-use plastics (SUP) from government offices has officially begun with the Bangladesh Secretariat. She expressed optimism that, with regular monitoring, the Secretariat would be completely free of single-use plastics by 1 January 2026.
Briefing journalists at the Secretariat, the Adviser said that the use of plastic water bottles and other single-use items will be discontinued by December. She noted that while single-use plastics are not yet banned by law in Bangladesh, the government is actively discouraging their use. Several embassies and universities have already declared their campuses free of single-use plast...