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PRAN-RFL Group, the country’s leading business conglomerate, has recently cleaned plastic trashes from 58 places in 24 districts to create awareness about environmental pollution.
PRAN-RFL Group launched the "Let's Save the Planet" campaign as part of its corporate social responsibility while the company’s employees and general people from various classes and professions participated, said a press release.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam formally inaugurated the campaign at the capital's Hatirjheel Amphitheater on Friday where 12 people who were involved in plastic collection, were honoured.
After the opening ceremony, various types of plastic waste were cleaned simultaneously in 58 places in 24 districts of the country including Dhaka, Gazipur, Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal, Habiganj, Narayanganj, Narsingdi and Cox's Bazar.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony as the chief guest, Atiqul Islam said, “We have to think about the environment apart from developing urban areas and making the country beautiful. We are responsible for destroying the environment. Now the environment is taking revenge and Dhaka city has turned into a heat island.”
The Mayor thanked PRAN-RFL Group for running recycling activities to a large extent to prevent environmental pollution.
Eleash Mridha, managing director of PRAN Group, said, “PRAN-RFL Group is always committed to ensuring the protection of the environment. However, the involvement of the common people is a must to ensure maximum protection of the environment. For this reason, we have taken up the "Let's Save the Planet" campaign. Under the campaign, there will be various kinds of public awareness programmes for people about plastic management. As a part of this, today we have taken the initiative to remove various types of plastic waste in 58 places in 24 districts of the country. Such programmes will continue in the future.”
RN Paul, managing director of RFL Group, said plastic is one of the elements of environmental pollution as the raw material of plastic is not biodegradable. However, if proper management is ensured, it is possible to protect the environment from pollution to a large extent. Common people have the scope to play a vital role in the proper management of plastic and recycling. It is possible to reduce the environmental hazards to a large extent if plastic waste can be recycled through proper management.”
Kamruzzaman Kamal, marketing director of PRAN-RFL Group and Kamrul Hasan, executive director of TEL Plastics also spoke on the occasion.
PRAN-RFL has been involved with plastic product recycling activities since 2012. The group has so far invested around Tk 350 crore in plastic recycling. Every year, about 32,000 tons of plastics, including single-use plastics, are recycled to make more than 100 products, which, if imported as raw materials, would have a financial value of more than Tk 450 crore.
