" Unilever provides emergency support to 2,100 Ctg waste workers", 12 August 2024

Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) has taken an emergency humanitarian initiative to provide essential support to more than 2,100 waste workers from 41 wards in Chattogram to mitigate their financial instability and improve livelihood condition.

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To implement this timely initiative, UBL has extended financial aid through its development partner, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) who has been executing the aid in Chattogram.

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UBL has been running the country's largest municipal-backed plastic waste initiative since 2022. Currently, 2,100 waste workers are part of UBL's plastic waste collection initiatives and their livelihood enhancement is an important component of the project in Chattogram.

The company quicky assessed the situation on ground and started disbursing financial aid to the 2,100 waste workers from 1st August 2024. Other than the additional aid, the project is continuing to collect plastic waste in limited scale to sustain the income of the waste worker in such difficult time.