Tons of plastic waste is being produced in Cox’s Bazar's tourism hotspots, as well as the Rohingya camps every day, which causes environmental pollution along with the cropland of this locality to get damaged.

All types of plastic use should be stopped immediately to save biodiversity, speakers said at an event at the premises of Cox’s Bazar District Administration Office on Saturday.

They said the Bakkhali River of Cox’s Bazar is full of polythene now. Garbage is being thrown everywhere in municipal areas. The whole country has turned into a garbage dump station. The Government has made anti-plastic laws but the law is not being implemented, they added.

Factories are producing polythene illegally. The use of plastic must be stopped by creating alternatives. To make this happen, the holistic interest of all relevant stakeholders is needed.  

Chief Executive of PAHLS and CCNF Co-Chair Abu Morshed Chowdhury, Mukti Chief Executive of Mukti Cox’s Bazar and also CCNF Co- Chair Bimal Chandra De Sarkar, BAPA (Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan) Cox’s Bazar President Fazlul Kader Chowdhury, Cox’s Bazar Literature Academy General Secretary and Poet Ruhul Quader Babul, Prominent Academician Maqbool Ahmed, Cox’s Bazar Climate Committee Leader Kamal Uddin Rahman Pyaru and & Co-Chair of CCNF  and Executive Director of COAST Foundation Rezaul Karim Chowdhury spoke at the event.

Mizanur Rahman Bahadur & Assistant Director of COAST and CCNF Member Secretary Zahangir Alam jointly moderated the event.

Abu Morshed Chowdhury said, “We need to stop using plastic if we want to save our blue economy. For this, we need the proper execution of government law also.”

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury said “On behalf of CCNF, we urge Filippo Grandi, Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Arjun Jain, principal Coordinator of Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) to take necessary initiatives to stop using plastic in the relief activities in the Rohingya camps. Hopefully, they will take the necessary steps," he added.