Experts suggest producing fuel from waste plastic, jatropha, ethanol to tide over fuel crisis

KATHMANDU, July 7: The per capita waste production per day in Nepal is 317 grams. This is mentioned in a report prepared in 2013 by the Waste Management and Processing Center with support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This figure has changed to some degrees in recent years. An individual produces half a kilo or 500 grams of waste a day. The proportion of plastic in this waste is 12 percent.

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In France, fuel crisis frays nerves and workers’ resilience

Even close to midnight on a school night, the tipoff was too important to ignore: A nearby gas station had just been resupplied. So Aicha Far scooped up her 6-year-old and set off into the night. The home carer needed to refuel her car so she could continue looking after the vulnerable people on the outskirts of Paris who rely on her to keep them fed, clean and safe. The prospect of a full tank was worth dragging the kid out of bed for.

Fuel transporters’ strike likely to cause crisis across Nepal

Fuel transporters across the country have launched a strike across Nepal on Friday putting forward various demands in front of the government-run fuel distribution monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation, sparking fears of a fuel crisis. The post Fuel transporters’ strike likely to cause crisis across Nepal appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Sri Lanka seeks $35 million to pay for urgent diesel imports

The growing fuel crisis is also hitting power supply, with the power regulator warning of five to six hours of daily load shedding over the next few days unless fuel supplies to thermal power plants increase.

Sri Lanka seeks $35 million to pay for urgent diesel imports

The growing fuel crisis is also hitting power supply, with the power regulator warning of five to six hours of daily load shedding over the next few days unless fuel supplies to thermal power plants increase.

Sri Lanka seeks $35 million to pay for urgent diesel imports

The growing fuel crisis is also hitting power supply, with the power regulator warning of five to six hours of daily load shedding over the next few days unless fuel supplies to thermal power plants increase.