One of the most polluted countries in the world, surprisingly Bangladesh is probably also one of the most environmental friendly countries in the world.

Absolutely nothing goes to waste here, you take what you need out of what you bought, then you put it in the rubbish, where it'd be searched multiple times by various personels at various locations, then what's left will be dumped at the side of the streets, where it'd be searched multiple times again by various personels and animals, until there is no trace of your rubbish at all left to be seen.

You don't see slogans encouraging the use of environmental friendly "green bags", nobody uses plastic bags here anyway. Not that everyone would go and buy a TK100 each purpose built shopping bag though, hell that's almost enough for a weeks food here. But it's simply too expensive to make plastic bags. One thing that is not of shortage here is textile, cheap and steady, just the natual substitute for those nasty plastic bags. And they don't get thrown away after used either, it gets recycled at TK1 each to be reused.

Yes here you get paid for recycling. Caring for the environment maybe one of the last things in an average Bangladeshi's mind but money is certainly one of the first things. Once again absolutely nothing goes to waste, and you don't have to worry about telling people washing the bottles out or take the lids off the bottles either because if you don't do it, you don't get paid for it. Papers are stashed together neatly and weighed for money, then they'd be folded into paper bags by hands (another thing that is not of shortage here) and sold to markets to hold fruits, vegetables and even meat and fish. You don't even see those clear plastic bag rolls here in the big supermarkets, everything is wrapped in paper bags, just try not to think about where the paper comes from, and make sure you wash damn well whatever that you bought in it.

Traffic is bad and dangerous, however it is also more environmental friendly than those civilized streets. Rickshaws produce zero pollution and run purely on human energy so it's as environmental friendly as you get other than bare foot. Most of the buses are recycled from left overs of other more advanced countries such as HK and Japan, they look like they are going to fall into pieces any minute but they run faster than any racing cars you'd ever seen, even on the rickshaw-infested roads. Not only it reduces the landfill by recycling other countries' rubbishes but also by doubling the amount of people the bus is supposed to hold it's saving valuable energy. If you feel a bit crowdy or sweaty getting rubbed against someone's smelly armpit there's also the option of rooftop seating, where it saves even more energy since no air conditioning is necessary. The same option is also available on trains. In between rickshaws and train rides, there are a wide choice of Baby Taxi, Tempo (a larger version of Baby Taxi) or Bin ( an enclosed version of Tempo). Public transportation has never been so convenient. It's not hard to see why most Bangladeshi prefer it over driving. Oh the extremely low income rate and the sky high vehicle tax also helps.
 
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