LafargeHolcim, SCC to work on waste management

Business Desk :
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh and Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) recently launched a joint initiative under which they installed a material recovery facility at a cost of Tk 15.30 crore for the sustainable management of plastic waste in Sylhet.
Md Tajul Islam, minister for local government, rural development and cooperatives (LGRD), inaugurated the facility as chief guest at the Lalmatia Dumping Ground in Sylhet, read a press release.
In his speech, the minister thanked SCC and LafargeHolcim for their initiative and stated: “Sustainable management of plastic waste is an enduring challenge. The whole world has taken various sustainable measures to meet this challenge.
“The government is also working to reduce plastic pollution by taking various short- and long-term projects at the government level,” he added.