Author: The Climate Observer

Bangladesh’s rivers are the country’s lifeblood. They irrigate paddy fields, feed fisheries, and carry goods and people across the delta. But today, many of those same rivers have become conveyor belts for plastic, a relentless stream of sachets, bottles, torn shopping bags, and microfragments that flow from upstream cities and even across national boundaries into the Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The result is a transboundary pollution crisis that threatens biodiversity, livelihoods, and the very resilience of coastal communities. Scientists estimate that the great river systems feeding the Bay of Bengal, including the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna, collectively discharge…