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An ecological disaster: The ship graveyard of Chittagong in Bangladesh harms both people and the environment.

After reaching the end of their service lives, most large ships from around the world are broken up along the coasts of South Asia. Chittagong in Bangladesh is home to the world’s second-largest ship breaking yard. And its recycling practices are far from eco-friendly. Ship breaking activities pose risks to both workers and the coastal regions’ ecosystems. Studies show that up to 10 percent of a ship’s weight consists of asbestos, heavy metals, oil, and other toxic substances – and a lot of it ends up in the environment.

In the past 20 years alone, 25 species of fish have disappeared from the waters of Chittagong. But workers face dangers too. The ship breaking yards may be required to equip people with boots, helmets, and gloves, but the reality is – they rarely do. That means workers are stuck using towels as makeshift masks. Many shipyard workers are reluctant to report these issues to international authorities as they fear losing their jobs.

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Daily we recycle around two metric tons of discarded single use plastic bags and turn them into synthetic rubber sheets for the local footwear products. We are located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 5000 KGs of CO2 emissions are reduced daily by our plant.

KSRubberIndustries

Sometimes I forget how good I have it…

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Saw another documentary on scrapping ships which talked about how so many of the workers were going blind as they used welding machines without eye protection.

FishFeelPain

Good that documentaries like this are produced. This can hopefully push things a little in the right direction.

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It's the second time I saw this documentary shared by an excellent ( DW) channel... about polluted water and depleted fish 🐟 in shallow water due to irresponsible gathering of abandoned ships 🚢 frames in Bangladesh shores .. When water or air or soil pollutes, two other environmental components are polluted... lethal diseases of humans, animals, and plants are expansion... thanks for sharing .

mohammedsaysrashid

Awesome documentary!
To much people and countries dont care so poor and uneducated people in the world will suffer hard because of people leading companies does not care!

hul

I am from SINGAPORE! The money never lie !

irenekoo

This is a terrible failure of our systems.

theconqueringram

I am in Bangladesh right now. Really concerning documentary.

whereisgabri

This is good work to control pollution, , old ship breaking is good for humanity, , new environment friendly ship is good for humanity, , scraps old ship produce new eco friendly dhip, , turkiye papistan bangladesh ship breaking industry is good for environment

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