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CURRENT SITUATION OF NATIONAL POLICIES, LEGISLATIVE MEASURES<br />

AND OTHER INITIATIVES<br />

Systems for<br />

Integrat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Environmental<br />

Considerations<br />

<strong>in</strong>to Socioeconomic<br />

Activities<br />

Framework<br />

Support for <strong>3R</strong>-related<br />

Activities<br />

Direct Regulatory<br />

Economic<br />

Voluntary<br />

Information<br />

Procedural<br />

Environmental Education<br />

Scienc and Technology<br />

Reduction of Barriers to<br />

International Flow<br />

International Cooperation<br />

Cooperation of Stakeholders<br />

Promotion of Science and<br />

Technology for <strong>3R</strong><br />

Sufficient<br />

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<strong>3R</strong> Management Aspects<br />

National Environmental Policy 1992<br />

National Environmental Management Action Plan (1995-2005)<br />

• The Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act 1995<br />

• The Environment Conservation Rules 1997<br />

• The Environment Pollution Control Ord<strong>in</strong>ance 1977<br />

• City Corporation Ord<strong>in</strong>ances and Pourshava Ord<strong>in</strong>ance 1977<br />

Draft “Solid Waste Management Handl<strong>in</strong>g Rules”<br />

• The Environment Court Act 2000<br />

• Development of “Battery Waste Recycl<strong>in</strong>g Rules 2006”<br />

No specific economic <strong>in</strong>struments observed<br />

Voluntary Initiatives by Government & Industry<br />

• Promotion of Cleaner Technology & Waste M<strong>in</strong>imization<br />

Susta<strong>in</strong>able Environment Management Programme (SEMP)<br />

Dhaka Declaration 2004<br />

Decisions on bann<strong>in</strong>g Polythene Shopp<strong>in</strong>g Bags<br />

• Solid Waste Management Cell, Dhaka City Corporation<br />

• No specific support for <strong>3R</strong>-related activities except few<br />

<strong>in</strong>itiatives such as community-based waste recycl<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

resource recovery<br />

No specific programs emphasiz<strong>in</strong>g environmental education<br />

• Implementation of a National Program for Recovery and<br />

Recycl<strong>in</strong>g of Refrigerants<br />

• Acceded the Basel Convention on the Control of<br />

Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their<br />

Disposal <strong>in</strong> 1993<br />

• Bangladesh Environmental Management Project funded by<br />

CIDA<br />

• Master Plan for the Solid Waste Management of Dhaka -<br />

Dhaka City Corporation with support from JICA<br />

• Community-based Compost<strong>in</strong>g Projects and Barrel Type<br />

Compost<strong>in</strong>g-UNICEF with 14 city corporations and<br />

Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />

• Solid Waste Management Plan for eight secondary towns of<br />

Bangladesh -Local Government Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Department<br />

(LGED) with support form ADB<br />

• Recycl<strong>in</strong>g Centers <strong>in</strong> 24 city corporations/municipalities as<br />

well as preparation of solid waste management plan–UNICEF<br />

• Urban Solid Waste Management Handl<strong>in</strong>g Rules of<br />

Bangladesh, and UNDP<br />

• Bio-medical Waste Handl<strong>in</strong>g Rules - M<strong>in</strong>istry of Environment<br />

and Forest and UNDP.<br />

Lack of cooperation among the stakeholders with<strong>in</strong> the country<br />

Under implementation level<br />

Insufficient <strong>Gap</strong><br />

Chapter 3: Country <strong>Analysis</strong><br />

Status<br />

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