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Can Bangladesh’s garbage-strewn capital turn its excess waste into an asset? - South China Morning Post

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Bangladesh’s fast-growing capital is overflowing with garbage. Can it turn its excess waste into an asset? | South China Morning Post

A trash truck leaves the Aminbazar landfill site on the outskirt of Dhaka. Photo: Redwan Ahmed

Bangladesh’s fast-growing capital is overflowing with garbage. Can it turn its excess waste into an asset?

- Dhaka, a city with just two landfill sites, has long struggled to manage the mountains of trash that’s generated by its 23 million inhabitants
- But it has big plans to start turning garbage into energy, with a little help from some Chinese firms – and even dreams of being ‘zero waste’ one day

A trash truck leaves the Aminbazar landfill site on the outskirt of Dhaka. Photo: Redwan Ahmed

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