Introduction
The Sustainable Capacity building to reduce Irreversible Pollution by plastics (SCIP Plastics) project aims at the sustainable transformation of municipal waste management systems in the Ganges Delta regarding plastic abatement strategies as well as demand -and resource- oriented collection and disposal in order to prevent large-scale environmental pollution at its source (outcome). The topic is being addressed in five different working groups. The overall project objective is the long-term establishment of a Knowledge Transfer Hub on the campus of the Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) for the reduction and preventing of marine plastic debris in the Bay of Bengal. The HUB integrates a waste management laboratory (WasteLab) and an inner-city Awareness Center.
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- First hybrid Board of Director meeting
The 5th Board of Directors meeting marked a significant milestone as it was held in a hybrid format for the… Read more: First hybrid Board of Director meeting - Training facilities opens at Rajbandh disposal site
Training and sanitation facilities for staff and informal workers are now available at the Rajbandh disposal site! On 07.10.2024, our… Read more: Training facilities opens at Rajbandh disposal site - New waste separation operation at Newsprint STS, Khalispur Khulna
Is waste separation at secondary transfer stations (STS) feasible? This is the question, we try to answer with our waste… Read more: New waste separation operation at Newsprint STS, Khalispur Khulna - Operations start at truck weighing facility
First truck monitoring campaigns have been conducted at the temporary truck weighing station at Rajbandh final disposal site. In environmental… Read more: Operations start at truck weighing facility - Launching Open Days at the KCC Awareness Center
The KCC Awareness Center is ready to open its doors to the public! Over the last year, the Awareness Center… Read more: Launching Open Days at the KCC Awareness Center - Reflections on my visit to Germany by Farjana Khan (CUET)
My recent visit to Germany was an enriching experience that provided me with valuable insights into advanced scientific and waste… Read more: Reflections on my visit to Germany by Farjana Khan (CUET) - KCC partners visit Germany
We were excited to facilitate a visit of our KCC key stakeholders, Mr Abir Ul Jabbar (Head of the Planning… Read more: KCC partners visit Germany - Visit from BUW presidential board
The SCIP Plastics project had the honor of welcoming special guest Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr. Ulrike Kuch of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to… Read more: Visit from BUW presidential board - Drone monitoring to survey and assess waste management infrastructure
Aerial images are a great tool to survey any physical infrastructure. In the SCIP Plastics project, we have been using… Read more: Drone monitoring to survey and assess waste management infrastructure - Truck scale at Rajbandh under construction
“You cannot manage what you do not measure!” is the motto of the hour. To put any waste management infrastructure… Read more: Truck scale at Rajbandh under construction - Kick-off for pilot study on business model implementation
Key effort of working group II is the elaboration of business incentives for targeted collection and provision of mismanaged plastic… Read more: Kick-off for pilot study on business model implementation - Establishment of Knowledge Transfer Hub (KTH) Ensures Sustainable Operation Beyond SCIP Plastics Project Duration
The establishment of the Knowledge Transfer Hub (KTH) stands as one of the pivotal goals within the SCIP Plastics Project.… Read more: Establishment of Knowledge Transfer Hub (KTH) Ensures Sustainable Operation Beyond SCIP Plastics Project Duration - Waste collection at Mongla and Chittagong Port
In December 2023 waste from local vessels both at Mongla Port and Chittagong Port were collected. A team of researchers… Read more: Waste collection at Mongla and Chittagong Port - Monitoring plan for Rajbandh open dump site
Over the last year, WG III investigated various processes and activities at the Rajbandh open dump site, the only active… Read more: Monitoring plan for Rajbandh open dump site - Inauguration of Research Hub building at KUET
On the 9th of November 2023, the civil engineering faculty of KUET inaugurated their new research hub building. The building… Read more: Inauguration of Research Hub building at KUET - Board of Directors Meeting in Cox’s Bazar
The 3rd Board of Directors meeting was hosted by the CUET SCIP-team and took place in Cox’s Bazar on the… Read more: Board of Directors Meeting in Cox’s Bazar - Networking Meeting Marine:DeFRAG
As representatives of the SCIP-team, the BUW team participated in the networking meeting of the funding program “Marine:DeFRAG” on October… Read more: Networking Meeting Marine:DeFRAG - Workshops on future visions for sustainable plastic waste management
From October 1st to 3rd, the Awareness Centre team comprising Sheikh Enjamamul Haque, Ankon Singh, Fahima Akter, S. M. Nahin… Read more: Workshops on future visions for sustainable plastic waste management - Source separation workshop and pre-campaign program at KUET schools
On August 21st, 2023, the Awareness Centre (AWC) Team organized a Source Separation Workshop and Pre-campaign Program for the students… Read more: Source separation workshop and pre-campaign program at KUET schools - From bottle to hub
Recently, within the SCIP project, an awareness-raising initiative has resulted in the creation of two SCIP corners. The design rests… Read more: From bottle to hub - CUET awareness campaign
In August, an awareness campaign entitled ‘Embracing Alternatives: Promoting Jute Usage as a Sustainable Substitute for Plastic.’ was held as… Read more: CUET awareness campaign - Plastic waste identification via NIR technology
The use of Near-Infrared (NIR) technology is widely used in automated waste sorting industries due to its ability to quickly… Read more: Plastic waste identification via NIR technology - German colleagues travel to Khulna
In June, Senta Berner (BUW), Philipp Lorber (BUW) and Heide Kerber (ISOE) travelled to Bangladesh to meet with the SCIP… Read more: German colleagues travel to Khulna - Insights of a student assistant at SCIP Plastics Project
I’m Sadia Afreen, from Bangladesh. Since autumn 2022, I have been working as student assistant in the SCIP project at… Read more: Insights of a student assistant at SCIP Plastics Project - Bangladesh delegation to visit Germany
In May 2023, after two visits of German SCIP members in Bangladesh, three delegates of our implementing partners in Khulna… Read more: Bangladesh delegation to visit Germany - Waste sorting workshop at KUET
As a student at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, I had the great opportunity to accompany the project work on site in… Read more: Waste sorting workshop at KUET - Inauguration of the Awareness Center
On the 2nd March 2023, the official inauguration of the newly established Awareness Centre was held at Khulna City Corporation… Read more: Inauguration of the Awareness Center - Beyond the WasteSafe conference
As an official event, the WasteSafe played a pivotal role in bringing back the German SCIP members to Bangladesh. However,… Read more: Beyond the WasteSafe conference - WasteSafe conference in Khulna, Bangladesh
A considerable number of SCIP team members present their work at the 8th WasteSafe International Conference on Integrated Solid Waste… Read more: WasteSafe conference in Khulna, Bangladesh - Awareness raising and information dissemination campaign
In order to create mass awareness about the adverse impacts of plastic pollution on the environment along with drawing attention… Read more: Awareness raising and information dissemination campaign - Physical kick-off meeting in Khulna, workshops and trip to Chattogram
Representatives of the project team of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Institute for Social-Ecological Research went on the kick-off trip to Bangladesh… Read more: Physical kick-off meeting in Khulna, workshops and trip to Chattogram - Project inauguration at CUET
On 22nd August 2022, Department of Civil Engineering, CUET inaugurated the SCIP Plastics Project’s office in the presence of vice-chancellor… Read more: Project inauguration at CUET - Constitution of the Board of Directors (BoD)
Today, a significant milestone has been achieved. The project consortium has officially formed itself as a managing body known as… Read more: Constitution of the Board of Directors (BoD) - All hands meeting
The project teams in KUET, CUET and KCC are filling with life and the working groups are being formed. Today… Read more: All hands meeting - Kick-off meeting of German project partners in Weimar
The German partners of SCIP Plastics came together in Weimar May 12th to officially kick-off their partnership in the project.… Read more: Kick-off meeting of German project partners in Weimar - Reducing plastic waste, saving the oceans – »SCIP Plastics« project launches in Weimar and BangladeshApproximately 480 tonnes of waste end up of the streets of Khulna, the largest city in the densely populated Ganges… Read more: Reducing plastic waste, saving the oceans – »SCIP Plastics« project launches in Weimar and Bangladesh
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