IBustling Dhaka is now much better at managing its waste.26UPDATE n Dhaka, the crowded capital city of the South Asian country of Bangladesh, garbage used to pile up in vacant land and along river banks. In 2004, it was estimated that only 43.5% of garbage was collected, and the final disposal destination was exclusively landfill. The Bangladesh government asked the Japanese government for cooperation this issue, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) stepped up to help with Dhaka’s waste problem. An integral player for this has been Akio Ishii, a waste management specialist who offered extensive skills and know-how from his involvement in government waste management at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and his experience in development consultancy. After the end of a series of surveys and preparation of the Master Plan, a project coined the “Clean Dhaka Project” was launched in 2007. According to Akiko Sanada, the officer at the JICA Bangladesh Office at that time, “Whether or not a capital city has the infrastructure to deal with issues like a garbage problem is a very crucial factor for attracting people and investment.” After setting a target of raising the garbage collection rate to to After more than 15 years of combating the serious waste problem in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a Japanese team of experts has succeeded in changing local attitudestackle 65.5% by 2015, the Clean Dhaka Project helped implement a waste management approach based on citizen involvement. The project established garbage collection offices in each ward and constructed a locally customized garbage collection system. At first, it was a struggle to start up any kind of communication between the citizens, city office staff, and cleaners due to a lack of experience talking with people of different heritages and status. Ishii and the team held events such as a workshop in front of the Dhaka City Corporation Building that attracted 300 cleaners. These events established opportunities to link up the stakeholders, who were separated from each other by societal differences. It created the foundations for building a waste management system where A Milestone Project in Dhaka
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