7th 5-year plan focuses on industrial waste management: Amu

The Seventh Five Year Plan (SFYP), adopted by the government, has given special emphasis on setting up low carbon industry and waste management.
 Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said Seventh Five Year Plan laid emphasis on setting up low carbon industry and waste management to implement the 3R (Reduce, reuse, recycle) strategy for ensuring the use of natural resources in production oriented activities, reports BSS.
"Government has undertaken various projects and programmes to implement the 3R strategy - reducing wastes of the industrial garbage and raw materials, re-using these and taking up strategy for recycling the industrial garbage," he said.
The minister said this while presiding over a session on country report evaluation titled "Country Major Achievements and Initiatives on Implementation of Ha Noi 3R Declaration-2013-2023" as part of the 7th Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific, a message received in the capital yesterday said.
The session was held at Adelaide conversion centre in Australia. 
During the session, representatives of Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Samua and Thailand presented their respective development reports.
Amu also put emphasis on skilled workforce and infrastructural development to implement the 3R strategy in Asia and the Pacific region with a view to drastically reducing industrial pollution in respective countries.
Bangladesh has already formed the national 3R strategy to expedite industrialization and reduce the risk of environmental pollution, Amu said adding "Bangladesh is building environment friendly ship recycling industry and producing biogas from industrial wastes to tackle the environmental pollution."

7th 5-year plan focuses on industrial waste management: Amu

The Seventh Five Year Plan (SFYP), adopted by the government, has given special emphasis on setting up low carbon industry and waste management. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said Seventh Five Year Plan laid emphasis on setting up low carbon industry and waste management to implement the 3R (Reduce, reuse, recycle) strategy for ensuring the use of natural resources in production oriented activities, reports BSS. Government has undertaken various projects and programmes to implement the 3R strategy - reducing wastes of the industrial garbage and raw materials, re-using these and taking up strategy for recycling the industrial garbage, he said. The minister said this while presiding over a session on country report evaluation titled Country Major Achievements and Initiatives on Implementation of Ha Noi 3R Declaration-2013-2023 as part of the 7th Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific, a message received in the capital yesterday said. The session was held at Adelaide conversion centre in Australia. During the session, representatives of Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Samua and Thailand presented their respective development reports. Amu also put emphasis on skilled workforce and infrastructural development to implement the 3R strategy in Asia and the Pacific region with a view to drastically reducing industrial pollution in respective countries. Bangladesh has already formed the national 3R strategy to expedite industrialization and reduce the risk of environmental pollution, Amu said adding Bangladesh is building environment friendly ship recycling industry and producing biogas from industrial wastes to tackle the environmental pollution.