Dhaka, June 5 -- In Bangladesh, floating trash barriers are deployed in waterways to effectively intercept plastic, preventing further pollution downstream and safeguarding marine ecosystems.

For example, the trash barriers deployed by RedOrange Communications in Kallyanpur, Ramchandrapur Khal and Mohammadia Housing Road intercept 1,200 kg of plastics daily.

South Asian waste management companies, civil society groups and communities have collectively prevented 10.2 million kilograms of plastic waste from polluting the region's rivers and seas during the past five years.

That is roughly equal to the weight of about 2,550 fully grown Asian elephants.

This has been achieved under the Plastic Free Rivers and Seas of South Asia (PLEASE) p...