Transform
Waste Into
Energy, by
Shree Raj
Shakya (rn
19/12/2024)
Government
urges public
to stop
burning
plastic and
farm waste
(kh
17/12/2024)
Environment
Department
asks public to
refrain from
burning
plastic waste
(kh
25/11/2024)
Discussions
held regarding
resolving
Kathmandu
Valley waste
management
(kh
24/11/2024)
Indore
model: A
blueprint for
Kathmandu’s
waste crisis,
by Shaswot
Lamichhane and
Prajwal
Bhattarai (ae
20/11/2024)
KMC
to manage only
segregated
waste (rep
19/11/2024)
Dearth
of
environmental
justice:
Horror for
people living
around Sisdol
landfill site,
by Yashaswi KC
(ht
19/11/2024)
Cleanup
campaign
conducted at
Annapurna Base
Camp and trail
(kh
16/11/2024)
Mayor
Balen accuses
federal govt
of
politicizing
Kathmandu’s
waste
management
(kh
15/11/2024),
Stop
Politicizing
Waste
Management :
Waste
management is
a critical
issue in
Kathmandu. The
federal
capital has
struggled for
years to
manage its
waste
effectively.
Although
various
solutions have
been explored
over the
years, the
issue remains
unresolved
(rep
16/11/2024)
KMC
to limit waste
transport to
Banchare Danda
to 20 percent
(rep
31/10/2024)
Kathmandu’s
flood exposes
garbage
crisis :
The rivers
threw trash
right back at
city dwellers
who had dumped
them,
photos by
Suman Nepali
(nt
25/10/2024)
KMC
gives
Annapurna
Neuro Hospital
one week to
improve
hazardous
waste
management
practices
(kh
19/09/2024)
KMC
to enforce
waste
segregation
rules in all
32 wards :
Turning waste
to compost has
already
started in 89
community
schools of the
metropolis
(kp
15/09/2024)
Baglung
launches ‘zero
waste’
initiative :
The site has
been divided
into three
sections to
manage
organic,
non-organic,
and hazardous
waste such as
glass, by
Prakash Baral
(kp
08/09/2024)
Effective
Management Of
Medical Waste
(rn
25/08/2024)
It’s
official:
Chinese drones
will fly trash
out of Everest
slopes : In a
flight test,
the DJI
FlyCart 30
could ferry
234 kg an
hour, a task
carried out by
some 14
porters in six
hours, by
Sangam Prasain
(kp
05/08/2024)
Open
burning of
plastic waste
poses threat
to air quality
and health (rep
01/08/2024)
KMC
deploys heavy equipment
to clear roads to
Bancharedanda landfill :
Newly bought
high-pressure pumps will
drain floodwaters from
inundated settlements,
by Arjun Poudel (kp
15/07/2024)
EU
provides Rs 12 million
grant for plastic waste
management (kh
04/07/2024)
Bharatpur
streets are overflowing with garbage : Garbage
problem worsens as flooding renders riverside
dumping site inaccessible in monsoon, and locals
bar dumping near riverside settlements, by
Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp 03/07/2024)
Rains
won’t hinder valley waste management this year
(kh 28/06/2024)
Local
governments unable to deal with plastic waste
menace (ae 19/06/2024)
Eleven
tonnes of rubbish taken off Himalayan peaks
(kh 07/06/2024)
As
monsoon nears, KMC starts repairing road to
Bancharedanda landfill site : Officials are
mulling buying a high-pressure pump to prevent
landfill leachate from contaminating the local
river, by Arjun Poudel (kp 06/06/2024)
24,575
kg plastic waste prevented from leaking into
Sunkoshi river (kh 01/06/2024)
Everest:
A high-altitude garbage dump : It could pose
health risks for transient climbers but a more
serious threat to people living in nearby
settlements, by Suzanne OConnell &
Alton C Byers (kp 10/05/2024)
Nepal
to use drones to transport garbage from Mount
Everest : The Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural
Municipality has made poop bags mandatory for
climbers above the base camp, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/04/2024)
NA
team collects over two tons of garbage from
Himalayas (kh 30/04/2024)
Urgency
of policy update for Nepal's National Park
buffer zones, by Uday R Sharma (rep
30/04/2024)
Seven
wards of KMC start waste segregation, four more
to start soon : The city office has also issued
a tender notice of more than Rs2.2 million to
sell segregated reusable waste (kp
30/04/2024)
Waste
management in rural tourism, by Manish
Koirala (ae 25/04/2024)
EU
Ambassador Lorenzo urges political
prioritization of Waste Management in Nepal
(kh 09/04/2024)
Nepal
Army to collect 10 tons trash from the Everest
region (kh 08/04/2024)
Locals
halt waste disposal at Bancharedanda landfill
site, demand action on agreements (kh
06/04/2024)
Kathmandu
metropolis calls for tenders for sale of dry
waste (kh 22/03/2023)
Segregated
waste to be dumped separately in landfill :
Officials plan to enforce waste segregation
rules in all wards of KMC first and then extend
to other local units of the Valley (kp
21/03/2024), Divide
and conquer : Segregating the Valley’s waste
makes perfect sense. But are we prepared to do
the needful? (kp 27/03/2024)
Manage
Hosp/ital Waste Properly, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 13/03/2024)
KMC
to expand waste segregation to ward number 5 and
12 : The city office has started segregating
degradable and non-degradable from ward 27.
Degradable waste is also being used to produce
biogas (kp 05/03/2024)
KMC
stops collecting waste from four hospitals
(kh 26/02/2024)
Kathmandu
metropolis starts turning household waste into
compost manure (kp 21/02/2024)
KMC
suspends garbage collection services at Kanti
Children's Hospital (rep 15/02/2024)
KMC
starts monitoring waste management practices of
health facilities (kp 13/02/2024)
KMC
to go for segregated waste management for
enhanced efficiency (kh 02/02/2024), KMC
begins collection of segregated waste from Ward
Number 27 (rep 04/02/2024), KMC
to deploy 2,000 sets of dustbins for waste
segregation (rep 09/02/2024)
Health
ministry seeks expert advice to dispose of 4
million doses of Covid-19 vaccine : The
Sinovac-CoronaVac doses gifted by China some two
years ago expired in December last year (kp
25/01/2024)
When
sustainability becomes just a show, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 16/01/2024)
Why
are motorcycles worth millions of rupees left to
rot at police offices?, by Upendra
Lamichhane (rep 11/01/2024)
Kathmandu
metropolis plans sorting household waste
sector-wise : Officials say the 32 wards of the
city will be divided into eight sectors and
waste materials will be segregated in the
respective blocks (kp 05/01/2024)
Kathmandu
Valley Mayors Forum decides to entrust govt with
waste management responsibility (rep
05/01/2024)
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