UrbanEmerge was responsible for the Bangladesh research, analysis and recommendations to DFID, including interviews with donors, NGOs, government and other stakeholders in Dhaka. The work explored links to livelihoods, access to finance and mobile money as part of the recycling value chain. Interesting initiatives to convert less valuable non-PET type plastics into refuse derived fuel blocks for existing micro-industries that require high temperatures, such as brick factories, were also identified.