Bangladesh has moved forward with plans to establish its first Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility for hazardous waste, a project ministers have welcomed and which is backed by a feasibility study led by the International Maritime organisation’s SENSREC Project, sources indicated on 18 September 2026.
Government ministers in Dhaka described the initiative as a significant step towards safer management of hazardous industrial waste, the report said. The planned facility is intended to provide a controlled location to treat, store and dispose of hazardous materials that presently pose environmental and public health risks.
The feasibility work behind the proposal was led by the IMO’s SENSREC Project and is described in the report as comprehensive. That study has informed the choice of a site in the Mirsarai Economic Zone and set out the technical and practical considerations for establishing a Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility, or TSDF.
Ministers welcomed the results and the proposed TSDF as a national first, signalling political support for a centralised approach to hazardous-waste management. The government’s engagement with the study and the TSDF planning was highlighted by the reports item dated 18 September 2026.
The TSDF is planned for the Mirsarai Economic Zone. The report states the facility will be used to treat and dispose of hazardous industrial waste under controlled conditions, with the aim of reducing environmental exposure and improving industrial compliance with waste handling requirements.
Study framework and technical support
The feasibility study was led by the IMO’s SENSREC Project and is presented in The report as the technical foundation for the TSDF proposal. According to the item, the SENSREC-led work examined the viability of a national facility and provided the analytical basis for site selection and operational planning.
Location and national significance
Mirsarai Economic Zone is identified in the report as the chosen site for the facility. The item positions the project as the country’s first dedicated TSDF, indicating a shift towards centralised infrastructure for hazardous-waste management rather than dispersed or ad hoc arrangements.
Officials and the study team did not provide further operational details in the report, and the published summary does not set out timelines, financing arrangements or the full scope of wastes to be handled. The reports summary remains the source of the account published on 18 September 2026.
Ministers’ endorsement, as recorded in the report, suggests the project has political momentum and will proceed to the next stages of planning and consultation. The establishment of a TSDF would represent a notable development in Bangladesh’s industrial-environmental management framework, according to the published account.
The report by reports is the basis for these facts and the date of publication is 18 September 2026. Further details on operational design, regulatory arrangements and implementation steps were not included in the summary supplied for verification.