Waste management is one of the biggest problems governments are facing throughout the world.
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A total of 389,983 tonnes of emitted garbage are sent to landfill sites, 315,069 tonnes are dumped on riverbanks and 22,075 tonnes of garbage are burned down.
ll the media attention these days is on Kathmandu Valley’s garbage crisis, and how the municipal authorities are trying to find a sustainable solution. In Nepal, more than half a million metric tons of waste is produced every year in the municipalities alone, much of it dumped in landfill sites. But as the road network expands, […]
Photos: ARIA PARASAI hrowaway plastic pollution is turning into one of the biggest environmental problems of our times. Kathmandu alone uses up to 4,800,000 plastic bags a day, and 800 tons of this non-biodegradable material is dumped in landfill sites. One plastic bag takes 500 years to completely biodegrade, and they have now contaminated water, soil, air, […]
KMC’s Department of Environment Chief Hari Kumar Shrestha told NepalNews that the Waste Management Division has already started collecting and carrying away the waste to the landfill sites.
