Bangladesh shipyards brace for recycling boom

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New international law seeks to make ship-breaking safer and cleaner – workers want better pay, too.

These older ships are heavy emitters, spewing out pollutants and planet-heating emissions, which have hastened the industry’s efforts to retire them, said Anand Hiremath, chief sustainability officer at GMS, which buys old ships and resells them to South Asian ship breakers.

Zahidul Haque, who is in his 70s, lost his son Abdur Rashid - a junior cutter when fire broke out in Pakiza Ship Yard about a decade ago.“We received some compensation which was just 100,000 Taka (US$820) back then - but with our sole earning member gone, we have no one to look after us,” he said.

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Topics: Human resources Healthcare Workplace wellbeing Legislation Human rights Waste Manufacturing Emissions Pollution Poverty Inequality Regulation Hazardous waste Recycling

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Published On: 2025-02-19 @ 05:20:00 (5 days ago)

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