Agitating
Banchare Danda locals serve October 7 deadline for govt
meet their demands : Warn of obstructing garbage
disposal in Banchare Danda landfill site if their
demands not met by the deadline (rep 16/09/2023), After
government’s ‘preliminary draft’ for solution, landfill
victims defer their protest until Oct 7 : Negligence at
the landfill site has caused reduction in agricultural
production, proliferation of flies, disruption of
education in schools, respiratory problems and skin
diseases, by Anup Ojha (kp 20/09/2023)
Landfill
victims warn they will obstruct waste disposal again if
their demands aren’t met : Over the past 18 years,
authorities have reached 175 agreements with the locals
but they have all been breached, by Anup Ojha (kp
13/09/2023)
Circular
Economy of Plastics, by Yunish Ghimire and Pratik
Bajracharya (rep 11/09/2023)
Kathmandu
metropolis starts dumping truckloads of cables at
Banchare Danda : Local residents, representatives have
objected to the metropolitan city’s move, by Anup
Ojha (kp 03/09/2023), Nuwakot
lawmakers draw prime minister’s attention to plights of
Banchare Danda locals : They hand over a memorandum to
the prime minister demanding the government implement
past agreements (kp 03/09/2023)
Landfill
site locals threaten ‘ultimate’ protest over unfulfilled
promises : Say they will talk only with the prime
minister and agree for nothing less than a separate body
to address their problems, by Anup Ojha (kp
30/08/2023)
Empowering
Informal Waste Workers through Formalization, by
Deep Prakash Ayadi (kh 29/08/2023)
KMC
resumes garbage collection, management in the Valley
after an agreement with locals in Sisdole, by
Samiksha Shrestha (rep 23/07/2023)
Banchare
Danda, Sisdole locals say waste has turned their
‘paradise into hell’ : Amid locals’ protest, police
escorted a caravan of garbage trucks to Banchare Danda
on Friday, by Anup Ojha (kp 23/07/2023)
Locals
not to allow disposal of Valley garbage in Bancharedanda
until demands are met (kh 19/07/2023)
Locals
in Nuwakot and Dhading stop garbage trucks over ‘broken
promises’ : KMC says it has done its bit, accuses
federal government of indifference. Supreme Court orders
swift disposal, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/07/2023)
KMC
takes major step towards sustainability: Plastic use
banned (rep 18/07/2023)
Locals
of Sisdol, Bancharedanda stop trucks carrying garbage
from Kathmandu (kh 17/07/2023), Waste
disposal disrupted once again at Banchare Danda (kh
17/07/2023), Kathmandu
waste management problem resurfaces : The agitating
locals claim that despite signing an agreement a year
ago, the KMC has failed to fulfill its obligations,
by Pratik Ghimire (ae 17/07/2023)
Kakani
Rural Municipality to impose fee of Rs 1,500 from trucks
carrying garbage to Bancharedanda (kh 12/07/2023)
Ban
and regulate plastic bags, SC tells govt, by Bhasa
Sharma (rep 09/07/2023)
Government
bans plastic bags below 40 microns (kh 06/07/2023)
Birgunj
shows how to manage waste by utilizing data and
technology : Birgunj Metropolitan City is taking the
lead in addressing the problem of waste management by
utilizing the latest technology and data, by Kamal
Gurung (nlt 27/06/2023)
Emerging
problem: How to handle hazardous e-waste : CRT monitors
account for 40 percent, mobile phones 39 percent and
refrigerators 16 percent of the total e-waste, by
Subin Adhikari (kp 21/06/2023)
Passenger
vehicles asked to carry dustbins (kh 11/06/2023)
Reducing
plastic waste : We should control plastic pollution
before the environmental damages become irreversible,
by Anustha Shrestha (kp 11/06/2023)
Managing
waste sustainably : Federal and provincial governments
should collaborate with local levels to address the
problem, by Ganesh Paudel (kp 26/05/2023)
NA
collects more than 35,000 kg of garbage from mountains
(kh 26/05/2023)
Stalled
garbage collection resumes at Singha Durbar and other
VIP addresses : Kathmandu mayor had stopped trash
collection from the central secretariat to protest
federal government’s non-cooperation (kp 25/04/2023)
City
may resume garbage removal from Singha Durbar :
Kathmandu Metropolitan City officials say they are
waiting for the Supreme Court’s Friday order to arrive
(kp 24/04/2023)
Shah-Singha
Durbar spat sign of bigger waste problem : Dhunibesi and
Kakani vow to obstruct garbage disposal at Banchare
Danda if their demands are not honoured, by Anup
Ojha (kp 21/04/2023), Locals
threaten KMC with disruption in dumping of garbage in
Banchare Danda landfill site if demands not met within
15 days (rep 21/04/2023)
Ministry-KMC
talks to remove garbage from Singha Durbar inconclusive,
by Bhuwan Sharma (rep 21/04/2023(
Petition
filed at SC against KMC’s decision not to collect
garbage from Singha Durbar (rep 18/04/2023)
Ratnanagar
receives outstanding award for waste management (kh
17/04/2023)
City
starts producing methane out of Kathmandu’s garbage :
The plant is currently producing eight tonnes of biogas
daily and it will be a while before it starts generating
electricity too, officials say (kp 17/04/2023)
About
time we started using dustbins : Nepalis are yet to
learn the value of proper waste disposal. And the
problem only seems to be getting bigger, by Somy
Bhattarai (kp 16/04/2023)
Garbage
piled up in Singha Durbar reflects govt’s indifferent
attitude: KMC Mayor Balen (kh 10/04/2023), Waste
piles up in Singha Durbar as KMC stops collecting it
(ht 10/04/2023)
The
tragic lives of trash collectors : Around 4,000 laborers
from 75 private companies and municipalities handle the
waste Kathmandu generates on a daily basis, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 05/04/2023)
Birgunj
metropolis dumps garbage on telecom office premises
(rep 04/04/2023), After
Telecom's commitment, Birgunj Metropolis starts to
remove garbage (rep 05/04/2023)
Jomsom
bans beer bottles from April 14 (rep 03/04/2023)
Banchare
Danda Landfill Affected Area Concern Committee warns KMC
of prohibiting dumping of waste if demands not met
(rep 15/03/2023)
Shortage
of soil for ‘capping’ at Bancharedanda (kh
23/02/2023)
Rampant
garbage piles raise stink along Kaligandaki corridor
(kh 30/01/2023)
Tulsipur
collaborating with private sector for waste management
(kh 21/01/2023)
Chandragiri
Municipality to continue with waste segregation (kh
19/12/2022)
Garbage
collected from tourist site Panchpokhari (kh
16/12/2022)
Kathmandu’s
compost bin plan offers little hope : Former officials
and urban planners are sceptic as it is a tried, tested,
and failed measure, by Anup Ojha (kp 14/12/2022)
Sixth
week of clean-up campaign marked in Nagarjun National
Park : The event saw students, teachers and volunteers
clean up three hiking routes as part of the ‘Litter Free
National Park’ campaign ongoing since October this year
(kp 05/12/2022)
Birendranagar
plagued by waste mismanagement : The garbage being
dumped at Tarebhir inside the Shree Krishna Community
Forest is causing hazardous pollution, affecting humans
and wildlife, by Chandani Kathayat (kp 08/11/2022)
How
our society doesn’t support a sustainable lifestyle,
by Cilla Khatry (ae 20/10/2022)
Rule
to disaggregate solid wastes within the source of origin
remains unimplemented (kh 02/10/2022)
KMC
scouting for site to manage biodegradable waste (rn
30/09/2022)
Solid
waste management in Kathmandu and the way forward :
Delving into better, modern and efficient ways of
managing organic as well as recyclable solid waste is
the necessity of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, by
Nabin Kafle (nlt 27/09/2022)
Drowning
in plastic, by Cilla Khatry (ae 22/09/2022)
Households
segregating waste as requested but KMC mixing it up
again : Local officials admit the waste separation plan
was launched in haste. Urban planners say City should
focus on doable things, by Anup Ojha (kp 22/09/2022)
Reflecting
on events : Single-use plastic bottles seem to dot
climate change and sustainability programmes, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 20/09/2022)
Nepal
produces one million tones of garbage in a year (kh
19/09/2022)
Unmanaged
garbage polluting environment in Sundarharaicha (kh
18/09/2022)
Waste
at Teku transfer station will be managed in two days:
KMC (kh 31/08/2022)
Sustainable
waste management : Bringing ready-to-cook food will
reduce the amount of food waste entering the city,
by Surendra Pradhan (kp 26/08/2022)
Medical
waste disposed of in Biring River in Birtamod : Medical
waste, highly hazardous to health and generated by
various hospitals in Birtamod, has been finding its way
to the Biring River of late, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
25/08/2022), Not
in the river : Dumping medical waste in rivers leads to
fatal consequences as they become sources of disease
(kp 26/08/2022)
Action
to be taken against those throwing garbage haphazardly
(kh 24/08/2022)
Kathmandu’s
garbage problem becoming international ignominy : A
video clip of CNA news showing garbage heaps in the
capital has triggered public rage against the
politicians and Mayor of Kathmandu. Tourism
entrepreneurs say it will damage Nepal’s reputation
(nlt 24/08/2022)
Preparing
for COP 27 : Waste management has become a political
football that Nepali politicians enjoy playing, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 23/08/2022)
Kathmandu
garbage to be picked up within two days (kh
22/08/2022)
Kathmandu
Metropolis says it requires 10 days to manage garbage
piled up in Kathmandu (nlt 19/08/2022), Garbage
management to take 10 more days (kh 20/08/2022)
KMC
yet to find alternative places to dump waste (rn
20/08/2022) [How about
Baluwatar? Most of the " rubbish " is produced there
anyway!]
City
of garbage : The streets have filled up with trash once
again, and no solution is in sight, by Amish Raj
Mulmi (kp 19/08/2022)
Seeing
Kathmandu’s garbage crisis from the perspective of
Banchare Danda and Sisdole : What may seem like a
garbage problem for millions of citizens of Kathmandu is
a life or death crisis for the people of Banchare Danda
and Sisdole. It is a human development crisis, an
existential ecosystem crisis, by Simone Galimberti
(nlt 18/08/2022)
Getting
Rid Of Garbage Mess For Good, by Santosh Kalwar (rn
18/08/2022)
Bagmati
choked with black sewage, trash (ht 18/08/2022)
Islands
of waste : Our understanding of what constitutes waste
and how we manage it should change (kp 18/08/2022)
KMC
starts dumping garbage in Bancharedanda despite people’s
obstruction (kh 17/08/2022)
Police
escorting garbage trucks to Banchare Danda (nlt
17/08/2022), Amid
obstruction, 186 garbage trucks reach Bancharedanda on
Tuesday (kh 17/08/2022)
Government
bans plastic thinner than 40 microns in Kathmandu
(nlt 17/08/2022)
Locals
take slingshots to hills to stop garbage trucks from
Valley (rep 16/08/2022)
Install
recycling plant : The KMC must install an efficient
recycling plant used by other metropolitan cities around
the world (ht 15/08/2022)
Cadres
of ruling parties obstruct garbage disposal at Banchare
Danda landfill (nlt 15/08/2022), ‘We
will not let garbage be thrown in Banchare Danda until
our demands are met’ (rep 15/08/2022), Garbage
disposal at Banchare Danda resumes under police
protection (rep 15/08/2022)
Additional
garbage trucks will reach Bancharedanda today: Mayor
Balen (kh 14/08/2022), 250
to 350 garbage trucks will reach Banchare Danda daily
from today if no obstacles: Mayor Balen Shah (rep
14/08/2022), Police
help ferry Kathmandu's waste (ht 14/08/2022)
City
removes garbage from core areas for Gaijatra, but
lasting solution not in sight : Garbage transport to
Banchare Danda landfill remains halted since Tuesday
after lorries were vandalised. Drivers in protest
demanding action against vandals, by Anup Ojha (kp
13/08/2022), Kathmanduites
feel let down by mayor (ht 13/08/2022)
Waste
Management In Valley Time to Adopt Modern Technology,
by Nawaraj Bhujel (rn 12/08/2022)
Garbage
piles raise stink, no respite in sight (ht
12/08/2022)
Unidentified
group vandalizes garbage-laden tippers in Banchare Danda
(nlt 09/08/2022), 14
vehicles carrying garbage from Kathmandu to
Bancharedanda vandalized (rep 09/08/2022)
Solution-oriented
garbage management: Turning Kathmandu Valley's trash
into cash, by Sharmila Pathak and Shubhanu Acharya
(rn 08/08/2022)
Garbage
pile up in Kathmandu yet again (kh 06/08/2022), Few
more days before Kathmandu streets see off garbage
(kh 06/08/2022), Garbage
collection to be stalled in Kathmandu for ‘few more
days’ (nlt 06/08/2022)
Composting
our way out of chaos, by Cilla Khatry (ae
04/08/2022)
Garbage
piled up in Kathmandu as maintenance continues in access
road (kh 31/07/2022)
Banchare
Danda locals obstruct garbage disposal yet again
(nlt 28/07/2022), Bancharedanda
locals to obstruct garbage dumping from August 17
(kh 28/07/2022)
Govt
bans use of plastic bags thinner than 40 microns from
August 14 (kh 26/07/2022), Ban
on plastic bags : Plastic bag producing firms should be
offered incentives to produce bags made of handmade
paper, nettle and jute (ht 28/07/2022)
KMC
not to collect garbage for a week (kh 21/07/2022), Garbage
piles up on Valley streets, again : With road leading to
Banchare Danda being repaired, Kathmandu unable to
collect garbage for several days, by Anup Ojha (kp
27/07/2022), Garbage
to be collected from tomorrow (kh 27/07/2022)
Ways
to manage garbage : It is time we adopted means to
recycle waste instead of dumping it in landfills (kp
19/07/2022)
Waste
in cities: Problem and awareness, by Sunil Prasad
Lohani and Upama Nepal (ht 18/07/2022)
KMC
releases schedule for collection of biodegradable and
non-biodegradable waste (rep 16/07/2022), KMC
starts collecting decomposable and non-decomposable
waste separately (kh 17/07/2022)
City
covers waste pile in plastic after rains damage road to
Banchare Danda : On Sunday, the Kathmandu Metropolitan
City used a 40,000 square feet of plastic tarp to cover
the humongous pile of rotting garbage at Teku, by
Anup Ojha (kp 11/07/2022)
Experts
suggest producing fuel from waste plastic, jatropha,
ethanol to tide over fuel crisis (kh 07/07/2022)
Garbage
management in Kathmandu to be affected for two days
(kh 28/06/2022)
Turning
waste into energy : A long-term, green solution to
Kathmandu’s waste problem could be to adopt
waste-to-energy technologies on a large, commercial
scale. But can it be done?, by Prasansha Rimal (rec
24/06/2022)
KMC
to impose a fine of Rs 500 on those not segregating
degradable and non-degradable garbage (kh
23/06/2022)
Infrastructure
ambulances to be operated only in the morning and
evening (rep 19/06/2022)
Environmental
Crisis in Kathmandu: Anarchy on Display, by Sumit
Pathak (rep 17/06/2022)
Dirtying
the city to keep your home clean : Kathmandu doesn’t
have a proper waste management system. But what it also
lacks is collective conscience, by Cilla Khatry (ae
16/06/2022)
Early
report card of Mayor Balen Shah : Though waste disposal
is the collective responsibility of all valley metros
only the Kathmandu Mayor was faulted. How should he
conduct himself in the days to come?, by Nishan
Khatiwada (nlt 13/06/2022)
Garbage
top problem among callers to city office : Kathmandu’s
‘call centre’ has received over 1,200 calls but City yet
to develop mechanism to address public grievances,
by Anup Ojha (kp 12/06/2022)
Shun
Politics On Garbage, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
12/06/2022)
Landfill
site to be relocated to ward no. 33 of Pokhara (rep
11/06/2022)
Minister
Jhakri holding talks with agitating Bancharedanda locals
on garbage management (kh 10/06/2022), Banchare
Danda locals agree to allow garbage disposal (nlt
10/06/2022), 18-pt
deal sealed on KMC’s waste management; garbage be
collected from today (kh 10/06/02022), Kathmandu
waste collection to resume; to be transported to
Banchare Danda during the night only : A new agreement
paves the way for garbage disposal which has been
affected for over a month, by Anup Ojha (kp
10/06/2022)
Garbage
disposal halted for today as well as Banchare Danda
locals continue protest : The obstruction in disposal
has resulted in huge piles of waste in Kath mandu
streets, risking outbreaks of communicable and
vector-borne diseases with the onset of monsoon (nlt
09/06/2022)
14
arrested in Nuwakot’s Sisdol for obstructing vehicles
carrying garbage (kh 07/06/2022), Police
clear obstruction at Banchare Danda landfill site,
detain protesters (nlt 07/06/2022), 157
trucks of garbage dumped in Bancharedanda amidst protest
(kh 08/06/2022), Locals
obstruct garbage disposal yet again (nlt
08/06/2022), Garbage
disposal disrupted yet again as Bancharedanda locals up
the ante (kh 08/06/2022), NC
lawmaker Gagan Thapa urges PM to take initiative in
Kathmandu’s waste management (kh 08/06/2022), Garbage
in, garbage out : A solution is going to come only if
both sides engage in a compassionate negotiation (kp
08/6/2022), Bancharedanda
locals clash with police over garbage dump row (kh
08/06/2022), Deadlock
over waste management persists, by Ujwal Satyal
(ht), Bancharedanda
locals clash with police over garbage dump row : Police
fire tear gas shells to disperse agitators (kh
08/06/2022), Six
policemen injured in clash with locals in Nuwakot’s
Bancharedanda : Police fire six rounds of tear gas
shells, 18 protestors arrested (kh 08/06/2022), Barred
from disposing of waste in Banchare Danda, garbage
trucks return to Kathmandu (rep 08/06/2022)
Local
units across country turning waste into wealth and
wonder : Around 13.5 tonnes of garbage collected daily
from Dhankuta Municipality is turned into compost manure
by mixing the decayed garbage with soil, which is later
used to fertilise a flower garden, by Ramesh Chandra
Adhikari (kp 07/06/2022), Now
onward, Kathmandu will not have to suffer due to garbage
heaps on streets: Mayor Shah (rep 07/06/2022) [???]
Locals
obstruct garbage disposal at Banchare Danda landfill
site (nlt 07/06/2022), What
an eyesore : The govt should have consulted the
locals before building the landfill site at
Banchare Danda (ht 07/06/2022),
Garbage
collection in Kathmandu hits a snag as Sisdol locals
continue to disrupt (kh 07/06/2022), Experts’
team to visit landfill site at Sisdol today (kh
07/06/2022), Garbage
piles make life difficult in Kathmandu : With the onset
of monsoon and garbage rotting in the streets, doctors
say there is high risk of outbreaks of communicable and
vector-borne diseases, by Arjun Poudel (kp
07/06/2022)
Garbage
piles feeding river pollution in Capital city (ht
06/06/2022)
Mayor’s
second visit to Sisdole does little to placate
disgruntled people : On his visit to the dumping site
Friday, Shah stated his resolve to free Sisdole of the
stench from the garbage dump within a week but locals
were far from appeased, by Anup Ojha (kp 04/06/2022)
Saying
goodbye to plastics : Recognising the pollution caused
by plastics, the hotel industry has promised to ban them
(kp 03/06/2022)
Hotels
to ban single-use plastics in green push : Water
bottles, drinking straws, cutlery, plates, drink
stirrers, expanded polystyrene food service products,
toothbrushes and combs will be out from 2025, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/06/2022)
Waste
and dust management in Kathmandu a challenge for new
people’s representatives : Seven broomer machines remain
garaged in lack of drivers. Local obstructions continue
at Nuwakot landfill sites, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/06/2022), Kathmandu’s
garbage problem is a mess, by Shuvam Rizal (kp
02/06/2022)
Task
Force led by Mayor Shah for waste management formed
(kh 31/05/2022), Sisdole
locals say they won’t allow garbage at Banchare Danda
until their demands are met : Over 200 households with
around 1,200 family members who reside near the Sisdole
and Banchare Danda landfills have been categorised as
highly affected households, by Anup Ojha (kp
31/05/2022)
Proper
Management Of Urban Waste, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
31/05/2022)
Kathmandu
mayor Balen Shah inspects Bancharedanda landfill site
(kh 28/05/2022)
Action
plan to implement ban on plastic bags below 40 microns
(ht 21/05/2022)
Teku
residents launch protest against huge garbage buildup at
waste transfer station : Garbage transport to Sisdole
landfill remains halted for weeks after protests by
Nuwakot locals, by Arjun Poudel (kp 17/05/2022), A
city that stinks : Kathmandu desperately waits for a new
mayor for an end to its waste management problem (kp
18/05/2022)
Garbage
piled yet again in Kathmandu Valley (nlt 10/05/2022)
Capital's
waste transported with security escorts (rn
08/05/2022)
Piles
of garbage litter valley roads yet again : Metropolitan
staff has not picked waste for at least 10 days (ht
04/05/2022), Garbage
heaps : We could look forward to a cleaner city if the
civil service were to be held more accountable for its
sanitation (ht 05/05/2022)
Thinking
twice about single-use plastics : The government should
create and implement stricter rules about the
consumption of such materials, by Sakhie Pant (kp
02/05/2022)
KMC
makes it mandatory for locals to segregate biodegradable
and non-biodegradable while disposing household waste
(rep 14/04/2022)
Garbage
Piles Up In Kathmandu (photo feature) (rn
10/04/2022)
Garbage
piles up in Kathmandu as Nuwakot locals obstruct
disposal (nlt 12/03/2022)
Damak
to produce gas from waste soon (kh 11/03/2022)
Ministry
accuses Kathmandu City of reluctance in using Banchare
Danda landfill : The City has been using the Sisdole
landfill for 17 years although the site was originally
meant for just three years, by Anup Ojha (kp
04/03/2022)
Garbage
collection in Valley suspended for nine days, cities
start stinking (rep 21/02/2022), Waste
Piles Up In Kathmandu As Nuwakot Locals Obstruct
Disposal, by Arpana Adhikari (rn 22/02/2022)
Manage
household waste at home: KMC (ht 20/02/2022)
Valley’s
waste disposal obstructed for last five days (kh
18/02/2022)
Four
metric tons of waste managed by cleaning Bagmati
riverbank (kh 13/02/2022)
Bharatpur
Metropolitan City to manage wastes with support from
South Korea (kh 11/02/2022)
Deego
Nepal: Turning waste to treasure. The company was born
of the idea of putting everyday non-recycled waste
materials to a sustainable use, by Priyanjali Karn
(ae 10/02/2022)
Adhunik
Pet Industries: Recycling plastic waste : Kathmandu
Valley churns out over three tons of plastic waste
daily. This small recycling plant has been recycling
some of this waste into granules that in turn are used
to make plastic products, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
10/02/2022)
‘Current
approach of collecting and dumping wastes has several
shortcomings, interview with’ Bishal Bhardwaj,
Climate Change Researcher (nlt 03/02/2022)
A
zero-waste life: Less is more : The idea is to send
nothing to the landfill by reducing consumption,
composting, reusing what we have, and recycling what we
can’t reuse, by Cilla Khatry (ae 13/01/2022)
Birgunj
sets up medical waste management centre : The centre has
been established to safely dispose of toxic medical
wastes through autoclave technology, by Bhusan Yadav
(kp 16/12/2021)
Open
waste burning rife across country for lack of management
mechanisms : Little has been done to stop persistent
organic pollutants reaching air, which are hazardous to
life and environment, by Aakriti Ghimire (kh
11/12/2021)
Butwal
continues to pollute Tinau River with its waste :
Garbage is dumped on the riverbanks as the city does not
have a waste processing site. Garbage disposal on the
riverbanks is affecting the region’s biodiversite,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 13/11/2021)
Ward
chairpersons throw garbage in front of mayor’s house in
Janakpur (rep 31/10/2021)
Poorly
handled Covid-19 garbage could give rise to hazardous
waste crisis : Amount of coronavirus-related refuse is
increasing. There are protocols to manage such items,
but implementation has been weak, leaving public health
in peril, by Arjun Poudel (kp 29/09/2021), A
clean sweep : Cleaner surroundings have a profound
positive effect on our health (kp 30/09/2021)
Garbage
piling up in the vicinity of TIA : Attracts birds
increasing chances of bird-hit as planes land or
take-off, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 29/09/2021), Control
bird menace : TIA today lies in the midst of a dense
settlement and market places, which generate tons of
food waste every day (ht 30/09/2021)
Government
reintroduces ban on plastic bags, but implementation
remains doubtful, by Anup Ojha (kp 17/09/2021), Ban
on plastic bags below 40 micron comes into effect
nationwide (ht 18/09/2021)
Waste
no waste : High time to embrace biogas, by Sunil
Prasad Lohani and Bipasyana Dhungana (ht 09/09/2021)
Kathmandu:
City of Garbage, by Dinkar Nepal (ae 09/09/2021)
Down
in the dumps : Sisdole residents continue to suffer
health and environmental problems from the thousand
tonnes of garbage that are being dumped in their locale
every day, by Aishwarya Baidar (rec 07/09/2021)
Garbage
collection resumes in Kathmandu, major thoroughfares yet
to be cleared off wastes (rep 04/09/2021)
What
if… we could drastically reduce our waste? If Kathmandu
were to reduce consumption and segregate waste, Banchare
Danda, an under-construction landfill site in Nuwakot,
won’t go the Sisdol-way, by Cilla Khatry (ae
02/09/2021)
Load
of rubbish : A landfill site's lifespan can be extended
by many more years if we can reduce the amount of refuse
going there (ht 02/09/2021
Kathmandu
mayor says garbage collection will resume today : Shakya
blames damaged road to Sisdole for the mess. City has
agreed to pay the Department of Roads for repairing the
road to Sisdole landfill site, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/09/2021), One
more week to collect all garbage from Valley (kh
018/09/2021)
Youths
dump garbage outside Kathmandu Metropolitan City office
gate : The protest was organised against the city’s
failure to collect garbage from the Capital for the last
two weeks (kp 30/08/2021), Citizens
launch campaign to dispose of Valley garbage in Sisdole
(rep 31/08/2021)
Urban
Ministry urged to complete construction of landfill site
in Bancharedanda soon (kh 29/08/2021)
Resolving
Kathmandu Valley’s solid waste problems, by Dhundi
Raj Pathak (28/08/2021)
Garbage
city : For a lasting solution to our waste
management problem, we need to rethink what constitutes
waste (kp 24/08/2021), Garbage
piled up in Kathmandu Valley (rep 25/08/2021), Kathmandu
valley to remain littered with trash for one more week
(ht 26/08/2021), While
Kathmandu stinks, its mayor is running a musical
campaign : Kathmandu Metropolitan City officials say the
road to Sisdole landfill site has been damaged by rains
so garbage won’t be picked up until the rains stop,
by Anup Ojha (kp)
KMC
fails to rid the streets of waste (ht 20/08/2021)
More
garbage piles up on Bagmati riverbank in Thapathali
(kh 15/08/2021)
Living
with garbage, by Marissa Taylor (rec 12/08/2021)
COVID-19
healthcare waste management reform drive launched
(kh 07/08/2021)
Masks
save lives, but they’re also leading to a gargantuan
waste problem, by Prasansha Rimal (rec 05/08/2021)
Garbage
Piles Up In Kathmandu As Sisdol Landfill Site Filled,
by Kshitiz Siwakoti (rn 16/07/2021)
Floodwaters
bring waste to Chitwan park, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel
(kp 12/07/2021)
Gokarneshwor
municipality installs sophisticated waste management
machine (kh 08/07/2021)
What
next after Sisdol and Bancharedanda?, by Kopila
Wagle and Kanchan Mani Dixit (kh 18/06/2021)
The
forgotten soldiers: Kathmandu’s trash collectors, by
Cilla Khatry (ae 17/0/2021)
Over
6,000 kg garbage scooped out from Mt Makalu (kh
28/05/2021) [Climbers who leave
waste on the mountains should be punished!]
Only
half of municipal waste gets collected, far less
recycled : The waste management baseline survey of Nepal
was conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics
in the country’s 271 municipalities, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 11/05/2021)
Managing
Everest’s waste problem, by Alton C Byers (nt
30/04/2021)
Bhimdatta
municipal government has no place to manage town’s
wasteA proposed landfill project has failed to take off
due to protest from some town residents who do not want
a waste management facility near their homes, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 18/04/2021)
How
Kathmandu’s waste management emerged as a perennial
problem : Segregation of garbage at the source itself
and recycling the useful materials could serve as a
long-term solution, according to experts, by Anup
Ojha (kp 16/04/2021)
Amlekhgunj
littered with garbage (ht 15/04/2021)
KMC
To Operate Banchare Danda Landfill Site From May 15,
by Kshitiz Siwakoti (rn 08/04/2021)
Garbage
collection resumes in Kathmandu after deal with Sisdole
residents : Roadsides and neighbourhoods in Kathmandu
were littered with garbage heaps for the past one week,
by Anup Ojha (kp 03/04/2021)
Annual
reports presented in HoR (kh 31/03/2021)
Valley’s
waste management hindered for six days (kp
31/03/2021)
Wasting
waste : A near non-existent waste management system has
turned our rivers into dark veins of dirt (kp
02/03/2021)
Garbage
from Beni pollutes Kaligandaki river : The municipality
has been disposing of its waste in the riverbank for the
last 17 years for a lack of a designated dumping site,
by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 01/03/2021)
Authorities
fail to control waste burning as Valley residents
breathe polluted air : Even after Kathmandu was ranked
the world’s most polluted city, government bodies have
been unable to stop open garbage burning, one of the
major contributors to air pollution, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 19/01/2021)
Bharatpur’s
plan to construct modern landfill site fails to take off
even after three years : The city has been dumping
garbage on Narayani riverbanks for many years, polluting
the river and surrounding areas, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 18/01/2021)
Use
of electronic goods continues to grow but there’s no
policy for its disposal : Most of the e-waste generated
in the country comes from television sets, computer
display monitors, and refrigerators. More people are
also disposing of their phones, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 17/01/2021)
The
domestic tourism sector is growing—but so is its litter
: As more and more Nepalis travel within the country,
tourism stakeholders and environmentalists say that it’s
important for tourists to travel responsibly and
be mindful of the impact they have on the destinations
they travel to, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
21/12/2020)
Anti-plastic
behavior dying a slow death, environment ministry in a
slumber, by Anjali Subedi (rep 18/12/2020)
Construction
of waste processing facility starts in Rupandehi, by
Amrita Anmol (kp 09/12/2020)
Valley
garbage to be dumped at Banchare Danda from 2nd week of
Dec (kh 08/12/2020)
Call
for proper waste management in Kathmandu valley amidst
COVID-19 (ht 28/08/2020)
Bharatpur
dumps waste in Narayani River banks despite having
designated land to build a landfill site: Monsoon spells
disaster for locals living in riverbank settlements with
garbage washed ashore by the overflowing river, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 15/08/2020)
The
COVID-19 plastic pandemic: Increase in plastic materials
to counter infection risk threatens to undo a decade of
work to reduce waste, by Sonia Awale and Ramesh
Kumar (nt 31/07/2020)
KMC
grapples with waste management (ht 12/07/2020)
Municipal
solid waste management: Discourage Plastic Use, by
Mani Nepal (ht 29/06/2020)
Rain
damages road to Okharpauwa landfill: The condition of
the road might worsen further if rain continues, say
officials while doctors warn diseases could spread
easily if the collection of waste is disrupted, by
Anup Ojha (kp 10/05/2020)
New
landfill site at Bancharedanda to come into operation
next month (ht 09/05/2020)
Garbage
collectors who make sure diseases don’t spread are now
at risk of contracting Covid-19: Sanitation workers are
a high-risk group since they come into contact with
objects that could host the coronavirus but they’re
working without proper protective gear, by Anup
Ojha (kp 05/04/2020)
Kathmandu
metropolis fails to address garbage woes amid COVID-19
scare (ht 26/03/2020), KMC
struggles with waste management: Sanitation workers are
not prepared for scheduled garbage pickup (ht
29/03/2020)
Poor
waste management affects people of Siddharthanagar: The
municipality had been dumping garbage at the Paklihawa
area, which lies in the border of Siddharthanagar
Municipality Ward No. 1 and 2, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp 17/03/2020)
Unsafe
disposal of used lead-acid batteries a concern in
Myagdi: The disposal of used lead-acid batteries as
regular trash has raised concerns over soil
contamination and water pollution, by Ghanashyam
Khadka (kp 08/03/2020)
Locals
prevent Gorkha Municipality from dumping garbage in
Hattigauda: The municipality has been using the forest
area in Hattigauda as a dumping site without proper
disposal system, which has led to waste pollution in the
forest, say locals. by Hariram Upreti (kp
26/02/2020)
Siddharthanagar
Municipality disposing of waste on riverbank, by
Mohammad Habib (22/02/2020)
Valley’s
pig keepers are not just making a living. They are also
contributing to organic waste management: Pig farmers
are collecting leftover foods from hotels, restaurants
and boarding houses to feed their animals, by Anup
Ojha (kp 15/02/2020)
KMC
grapples with waste management woes (ht 09/02/2020)
Challenges
Of Hospital Waste Management, by Om Prakash Ghimire
(rn 13/01/2020), Private
hospitals still burning, burying and disposing of
hazardous waste together with municipal waste, a new
study shows: Health facilities’ reluctance to abide by
the rules is putting public health at risk and polluting
environment, experts say, by Arjun Poudel (kp
17/01/2020)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City once again starts waste segregation
campaign: This time, the city office will strictly
enforce waste segregation rule, officials say, by
Anup Ojha (kp 04/01/2020)
Rajbiraj
youths dump garbage at municipality gate (ht
01/01/2020)
Dumping
site constructed without feasibility study (ht
18/12/2019)
What
it takes to get rid of plastic: The ultimate determiner
will be the budget allocation for waste management and
industrial support for alternatives, by Siddhartha
Mainali (kp 02/12/2019)
Waste
management is a major problem in Achham: Lack of proper
landfill sites leading to pollution of streams and
rivers, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 30/11/2019)
Roadside
dumping of waste irks locals (ht 30/11/2019)
No
space for garbage in Jumla headquarters: Chandan Nath
Municipality alone produces around 40 quintals of
garbage on a daily basis, but with garbage collection
halted in the area for the past month, locals are having
a tough time, by LP Devkota (kp 03/11/2019)
The
garbage pile grows while locals, experts and city
governments argue: When projects stall due to local
pressure, the onus is on the local body to find an
alternative site, convince the residents of the need for
such projects, or relocate settlements to make room
(kp 25/10/2019)
Construction
of solid waste processing centres in Rupandehi has been
cancelled: The local units have requested the federal
government to solve the problem of garbage management
after the Asian Development Bank cancelled its funding,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 24/10/2019)
Waste
segregation plan of KMC gathers dust (kp 23/10/2019)
Birgunj
Metropolis dumping waste near no-man’s-land: The ghastly
sight of garbage heaps and unpleasant smell have forced
locals and tourists alike to avoid the area, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 04/10/2019)
KMC
to continue valley waste management during Dashain as
well (ht 04/10/2019)
Foul
smell from garbage hassling locals (ht 03/10/2019)
Work
under way to generate biogas from garbage (ht
03/10/2019)
Everest
fights back (against garbage and bad press), by
Alton C Byers (nt 20/09/2019)
Bhedetar
stinking to high heavens (ht 17/09/2019)
Trishuli
riverbanks are littered with garbage: The river is one
of the 100 tourist destinations chosen by the government
for the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 14/09/2019)
Improper
disposal of medical waste is putting garbage
collectors—and the public—at risk: Despite governmental
regulations, a number of hospitals and clinics are not
segregating their waste properly, leaving needles and
body parts for general waste collectors, by Sneha
Dahal (kp 04/09/2019)
Trishuli
River turning into dumping site of way-side shops along
Prithivi Highway, by Sarita Shrestha (rep
03/09/2019)
Lahan
locals call for relocation of waste management centre:
The agitating locals held a gathering on Sunday to plan
a fresh protest programme, by Bharat Jargha Magar
(kp 02/09/2019)
Managing
wastes: Unmanaged waste has adverse impact on public
health and economy. The government should manage it
properly, by Sushmita Dulal (rep 01/09/2019)
Waste
segregation a must for every household in KMC (ht
28/08/2019)
Coca-Cola
wanted consumers to be ‘best friend’ with its new
product. Not everyone is amused: Consumers and waste
management companies say smaller sized bottles will add
to plastic pollution in Nepal. Coke defends its
packaging, calling them recyclable, by Bhrikuti Rai
(kp 27/08/2019)
Kathmandu
metropolis starts waste segregation in three wards: The
initiative will be launched in Wards 12, 18 and 21,
officials say, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/08/2019)
Haphazard
construction of roads puts villages at high risk of
landslides: Many families in three villages of Bajhang
have been displaced due to landslides in the last three
years, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 22/08/2019)
Enforce
the plastic ban (rep 21/08/2019)
Everest
region to ban plastic items below 30 microns from 2020,
by Supriya Sharma (rep 20/08/2019), No
plastic bottles and bags in Everest region from January:
Local government to ban the use of plastics below 30
microns and beverages bottled in plastic, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 22/08/2019)
Metropolitan
city says it will book all those who dump garbage in
public places during the night: Kathmandu residents say
such drives have been launched in the past as well but
with little success, by Anup Ojha (kp 07/08/2019)
Social
campaigner is beaten up while nabbing litterbugs in
Koteshwor: Garbage throwing on roadside is rampant
during the night, but authorities till date have paid no
heed, by Anup Ojha (kp 03/08/2019)
Plastic
straws are slowly being replaced in Kathmandu’s
restaurants, but a complete switch might take some time:
Following global concern, a few restaurants in Kathmandu
are consciously limiting their use of plastic straws by
switching to sustainable alternatives, by Abani
Malla (kp 01/08/2019)
KMC
to set up community composting facilities (ht
28/07/2019)
Capital's
waste remains unattended despite cleaning drive (rep
28/07/2019)
Waste
management to be regulated (ht 18/07/2019)
Dhangadi
dwells on managing medical waste (kp 13/07/2019)
Kathmandu
is stinking: Do something (rep 02/07/2019)
Irate
locals obstruct garbage vehicles at Sisdol
landfill site (ht 01/07/2019)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City spent millions on smart dustbins. No
one is using them: The city’s mayor, while defending the
purchase, said residents were deliberately making
him look bad by not using the trash can, by Anup
Ojha (kp 28/06/2019)
Lack
of efficient garbage disposal and management system
spells trouble for Valley residents this monsoon: Rains
damage the road that leads to Sisdole landfill site,
obstructing garbage collection from the Valley, by
Anup Ojha (kp 25/06/2019)
Unmanaged
hazardous hospital waste is a cause for concern in
Capital: The city authority recently penalised five
state-run hospitals and some private-run hospitals for
disposing of hazardous hospital waste alongside
household waste, by Arjun Poudel (kp 25/06/2019), Down
in the dumps: Healthcare institutions’ hazardous
practices cannot continue (kp 26/06/2019)
Locals
agitate over proposed dumping site at Dadi Chaur (ht
12/06/2019)
Lahan-4
residents protest against mismanagement of waste in the
municipality: Garbage not collected for the past 26 days
due to locals’ protest for relocation of waste
management centre, by Bharat Jargha Magar (kp
11/06/2019)
All
local units in Chitwan using forests and rivers to dump
their waste, by Sabita Shrestha (rep 01/06/2019)
Kathmandu
not prepared to manage its waste in monsoon: Every day
150 trucks carry waste from 18 local federal units of
Kathmandu Valley and Banepa to a dumping site at
Sisdole, by Arjun Poudel (kp 29/05/2019)
More
than 10 tonnes garbage collected from Everest (ht
28/05/2019)
4,000
kg Mt Everest waste brought to Capital: DoT struggling
to bring down dead bodies found during the cleaning
campaign (ht 18/05/2019)
Garbage
disfiguring Muktinath’s pristine surrounding, by
Sushil Babu Thakali (rep 12/05/2019)
KMC
finds new landfill site to dispose of Valley garbage
(rep 04/05/2019)
Major
clean-up
campaign hopes to rid Everest of 10,000 kg garbage: The
campaign will not only bring back garbage but also the
bodies of dead climbers that litter the world’s highest
peak, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/04/2019), 3,000
kg of garbage collected from Mt Everest region (kp
29/04/2019)
Karnali
flows foul for lack of waste management (ht
28/04/2019)
Haphazard
throwing of recharge cards and tobacco packets to be
controlled, by Anup Ojha and Sanjaya Lama (kp
21/04/2019)
Army
removes two tons of waste from Everest (rep
20/04/2019) [Make the
mountaineers and their teams responsible! The
destruction of the sensitive environment is not a
trivial offence!], 2,000
kg solid waste collected from Mt Everest region (ht
22/04/2019)
Plan
to clear Everest of bodies, trash: The base camp will be
set up by the third week of April to start the mega
campaign, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 08/04/2019), 10,000
kg garbage targeted (ht 12/04/2019)
Province
5 using rivers as dumping sites, by Rekha Bhusal
(rep 06/04/2019)
Garbage
dumped in Dhading streams (05/04/2019)
The
(re)cycle of waste: Here are the professional waste
management service providers that focus on resource
recovery, by Rose Singh (kp 31/03/2019)
#TrashTag
gaining
momentum: Young Nepalis take up the ‘do-good’ internet
challenge of cleaning public places, taking pictures and
posting them online, by Anup Ojha (kp 13/03/2019)
Exemplary
waste management on Bagmati riverside, by Biken K
Dawadi (rep 20/02/2019)
Large
cities of Province 1 dumping waste in the open (rep
03/02/2019)
Byas
Municipality making waste management system more effective
(ht 29/01/2019)
That’s
a wrap: Nepal took another big step by declaring Chitwan
National Park a plastic-free zone, by Tsewang Nuru Sherpa
(kp 27/01/2019)
What
ails Kathmandu Valley’s waste management project? (rep
24/01/2019)
City
authority vows stern action against litterbugs, by Anup
Ojha (kp 23/01/2019)
Police
collect waste as municipal officials boycott work, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep 08/01/2019)
Urban
Development Ministry preparing design for landfill site
(kp 07/01/2019), MoUD
to construct structure for dumping non-recyclable waste
(ht 07/01/2019)
Plastic
pollution: Let’s pledge to beat it, by Srichchha Pradhan
(ht 24/12/2018)
Piling
up: Nepal’s waste management predicament presents a number of
social and environmental problems, by Binod Joshi (kp
17/12/2018)
Drowning
in
plastic: Do your bit to eliminate pollution by pledging to use
one less plastic bag everyday; Today, just in Kathmandu,
people use 4,700,000 to 4,800,000 plastic bags daily, by
Srichchha Pradhan (kp 14/12/2018)
The
things
we throw away: Garbage management in Kathmandu requires
alternative measures that are less costly,
environment-friendly and sustainable, by Mohan Guragain
(kp 08/12/2018)
KMC
installing 60 smart dustbins in city's major thoroughfares
(rep 28/11/2018)
Those
littering in KMC may face up to 3 months in jail or Rs 100,000
fine, by Shuvam Dhungana (rep 27/11/2018)
From
waste to wealth: For Doko Recyclers, recycling waste begins at
the source: with garbage segregation, by Bibhu Luitel (kp
26/11/2018)
KMC
to be without a landfill for months: Sisdole landfill almost
full, Banchare Dada site will take 6 months to open, by
Biken K Dawadi (rep 26/11/2018)
Mayor
warns action against slothful staff: KMC garbage disposal
staff’s tardy attitude and ‘politics’ irks Shakya, by Anup
Ojha (kp 20/11/2018)
Biratnagar
Metropolitan City streets littered with garbage (ht
13/11/2018)
MoU
signing on waste management project delayed, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 07/11/2018)
Garbage
woes plague Rajbiraj Municipality (ht 24/10/2018)
People
still lack awareness about waste management (kp
22/10/2018)
Locals
offer 500 ropanis to dump stinking Sisdole, by Anup Ojha
(kp 06/10/2018)
Dumping
method blamed for urban garbage problems (kp 30/09/2018)
Metropolis
starts cleaning drive in all wards ahead of Dashain (kp
30/09/2018) [And what will happen
after the Hindu festival of Dashain?]
Tax
litterbugs
more: Minister Pandit; He stresses the need to send out the
message to the rest of the world that Nepal is a beautiful,
clean and green country (kp 23/09/2018)
SC
writ seeks solution to city garbage issue (kp 18/09/2018),
Case
filed against govt for failing to manage waste (ht
18/09/2018)
Waste
management From trash to treasure, by Sagar Bhatta (ht
03/09/2018)
Hospitals
not managing waste properly (ht 31/08/2018)
What
will Nepal do with its e-waste? As purchasing power rises,
Kathmandu faces the problem of electronic waste disposal,
by Sonia Awale (nt 31/08/2018)
Municipality
to buy plastic waste (ht 29/08/2018)
Solid
waste a stinking problem: Open burning severely impacts
people’s health, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/08/2018)
Capital
streets free of waste for BIMSTEC: Kathmandu metropolis
deploys four jet machines to clean the streets (kp
28/08/2018)
Triyuga
Municipality finds landfill site after 22 years, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 27/08/2ß18)
Garbage
woes plague Manthali Municipality (ht 25/08/2018)
16
shacks of plastic waste cleared from trekking route in
Nagarkot (kp 22/08/2018)
Five
municipalities collaborate for effective waste
management (ht 18/08/2018)
Locals,
garbage truckers angry at sorry state of Sisdole
landfill site, by Biken K Dawadi (rep 17/08/2018)
Dharan
and Itahari dumping waste recklessly, by Rohit Rai
(rep 12/08/2018)
Garbage
collection begins in Lahan, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep
12/08/2018)
Garbage
piling up on streets of Kathmandu valley, again (ht
10/08/2018)
Bhairahawa
Waste Management Project in limbo, by Binod Pariyar
(rep 07/08/2018)
KMC
starts three-phase plan to address garbage crisis, by
Biken K Dawadi (rep 05/08/2018)
Lahan's
garbage collected by NC youth wings after 18 days, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 05/08/2018)
KMC
to construct ‘new garbage site soon’ (kp 29/07/2018),
Garbage
management problem likely to recur after three months
(rep 29/07/2018)
Sustainable
Solution to Waste Disposal Problem, by Kushal Pokharel
(rn 28/07/2018)
Garbage
woes plague Rajbiraj Municipality (ht 27/07/2018)
Garbage
nuisance, by Diya Dhakal (rep 26/07/2018)
Litterbugs
in Tansen to be captured on camera, by Mukti Prasad
Nyaupane (rep 22/07/2018)
Stench
troubles Valley folk as garbage litters streets, by
Anup Ojha (kp 21/07/2018)
Integrated
solid waste management of Kathmandu valley: IBN board
okays PDA with NepWaste (rep 19/07/2018)
‘Garbage
collection will resume only next week’ (kp
16/07/2018), Garbage
piles
to stay on streets for one more week: Epidemiologists fear
outbreak of diseases; Sisdole landfill has already
exceeded capacity; Govt yet to identify new landfill
(kp 16/07/2018), Stinky
affair: Solid waste management in the Capital warrants
serious attention from the govt (kp 17/07/2018), A
tale of stinking hill: Residents suffer as garbage piles
on Valley streets, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/07/2018)
E-waste
pollution: Threat to human health, by Shobha Dahal (ht
10/07/2018)
KMC
fails to set up alternative landfill site: Sisdole was
originally meant to be a temporary landfill; the KMC had
acquired the site for three years until 2008 (kp
03/07/2018), KMC
officials sitting on waste management accord since 4
months, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 03/07/2018)
More
than 32,000 kg waste collected from Everest, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 01/07/2018) [Make
trekkers and , especially, mountaineers accountable!]
Waste-to-energy
plant in operation in Nawalparasi (ht 27/06/2018)
Eco-friendly
sanitary pads struggle to find market, by Krishna
Prasain (kp 26/06/2018)
E-waste
alert, by Kshitiz Pokhrel (rep 24/06/2018)
Make
the switch: Our love affair with plastics is toxic and its
time we get rid of it, by Sramika Rijal (kp
10/06/2018)
A
plastic world: Microplastics in the sea now outnumber
stars in our galaxy. It’s high time we woke up to the
problem, by Valerie Julliand, David Molden and H.E.
Lasse Bjørn Johannessen (kp 05/06/2018), The
last straw: The government, manufacturers, retailers and
consumers need to arrive at solutions to beat plastic
pollution, by Ugan Manandhar (kp 05/06/2018), Clean
conscience: Government policies to ban plastic is one
thing, using conscience to avoid using them is another,
by Pramisha Thapaliya (kp 06/06/2018)
Garbage
woes plague Rajbiraj (ht 02/06/2018)
Everest
litter worries Khumbu folks, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
30/05/2018) [The government must
construct sufficient public toilets at Everest BC and make
the mountaineers responsible for waste disposal!!],
The
real quest: Records on Everest make headlines, but govt
must take steps to keep it clean for posterity (kp
01/06/2018)
Govt
to punish garbage dumpers (ht 27/05/2018)
Industrial
scale litter: The government’s plastic bans have been
repeatedly sabotaged by big businesses, by Mukesh
Pokhrel (nt 18/05/2018), Virtuous
cycle, by Yuvaraj Shrestha (nt 18/05/2018), Plastic
money: Conservation group pays Rs 1 for every discarded
plastic bottle in Langtang to upcycle them, by Samuel
Johns (nt 18/05/2018)
Living
with rubbish: Garbage was not a problem to the villagers
who were not offended by the sight of it, by Tim
Taylor (kp 15/05/2018)
Plastic
menace: There is need to make concerted efforts from
government, citizens and other stakeholders to get rid of
plastics (ht 24/04/2018)
Rubbish
playgrounds:
Can upcycling help Kathmandu defeat trash? As Kathmandu
overflows with trash, the city is seeking not just to
transform attitudes to waste—but the waste itself, by
Saptarshi Ray (kp 21/04/2018)
KMC
mulls vending machine for waste mgmt (kp 28/02/2018)
Waste
from Everest region airlifted, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht
18/03/2018)
IBN,
Nepwaste
sign deal for waste management: Nepwaste will build a
landfill site in Nuwakot and a transfer station at Teku to
manage the solid waste (kp 08/03/2018), IBN,
Nepwaste ink initial pact to manage Valley’s solid waste
(ht 08/03/2018)
Plastic
manufacturers to be brought under law (ht 28/02/2018)
Waste
plagues Dhankuta (ht 14/02/2018)
28
hotels, restaurant operators booked (kp 28/01/2018)
Open
burning
of wastecontributing to rise in air pollution levels:
28.4 tonnes waste is generated by hospitals in the
valley every day (ht 28/01/2018)
NUDS
proposes complete waste collection coverage for urban
areas (ht 22/01/2018)
Government
lacks laws to address e-waste woes (ht 20/01/2018)
KMC
warns litterbugs with arrest (kp 28/12/2017)
Initiative
taken to construct modern waste processing center, by
Sher Bahadur KC (rep 26/12/2017) [related to Butwal]
New
landfill site expected to mitigate environment hazards,
by Ram Saran Tamang (kp 25/12/2017)
Waste
management a serious problem in jails of eastern region,
by Amar Khadka (rep 21/12/2017)
174
people punished for throwing garbage on road (kp
19/12/2017)
Waste
not, want not: Focus on long-term plans along with
immediate ones for sustainable waste management system,
by Reena Chikanbanjar (ht 17/12/2017)
KMC
plans to set up five more garbage transfer centres, by
Anp Ojha (kp 07/12/2017)
KMC
sees Shyame Kholso as alternative to Sisdole landfill,
by Anup Ojha (kp 28/11/2017)
Eternal
chokehold: Extensive efforts must be made to curb the use
of lethal materials like plastic, by Kedar Karki (kp
19/11/2017)
Tara
Air airlifts waste from Everest region (kp 18/11/2017)
Sisdole
dumping ground nearing its full capacity: Proposed
permanent facility at Banchare Danda nowhere near complete,
by Anup Ojha (kp 03/11/2017)
No
landfill sites for managing carcasses (ht 24/10/2017)
Waste
to be used to produce biogas (ht 16/10/2017)
Garbage
dumped in dolphin conservation area, Yogesh Rawal (rep
12/10/2017)
Slaughterhouse
waste ill-managed (ht 09/10/2017)
Garbage
truck drivers on strike (kp 07/10/2017), Waste
disposal to resume from today (ht 08/10/2017)
KMC
distributes over Rs 20 million compensation to Okharpauwa
folks (ht 07/10/2017)
Long
delay: The authorities should work in concert and take
immediate steps to manage the garbage (ht 03/10/2017)
Sisdole
people receive KMC’s compensation (kp 28/09/2017)
KMC
preparing to build permanent landfill site at
Bancharedanda (ht 27/09/2017)
KMC
picketed over delay in waste mgmt (kp 19/09/2017)
UN
Environment partnering with LEAD Nepal for waste
management (rep 11/09/2017)
Authorities
fail to manage litter picked up from rivers: Trash heaps
crop up at major thoroughfares of city (kp 10/09/2017)
Waste
piling up on Valley streets (ht 09/09/2017), Waste
disposal to resume today (ht 10/09/2017), Garbage
collection resumes after deal with Okharpauwa locals,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/09/2017)
Okharpauwa
folks turn away waste containers (kp 06/09/2017)
Unmanaged
waste increases health hazards in Sisdole, by Pooja
Bista (rep 05/09/2017)
Okharpauwa
locals continue to obstruct waste disposal (ht
01/09/2017)
Waste
collection resumes after 20 days, by Pooja Bista (rep
31/08/2017)
Garbage
disposal: Aathmile locals lift obstruction (kp
27/08/2017)
Dhankuta
earns Rs 3 million a year from garbage (kp 23/08/2017)
Garbage
collection obstructed, by Anup Ojha (kp 13/08/2017)
‘Nepal’s
cleanest city’: Why Dhankuta’s solid waste conundrum is no
longer a wasted opportunity, by Richa Bhattarai (kp
05/08/2017)
Okharpauwa
locals obstruct waste disposal (kp 03/08/2017), Okharpauwa
locals lift obstructions (kp 04/08/2017)
KMC
facing
garbage segregation problem (kp 31/07/2017)
Dirty
Disputes: Politics of waste, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
28/07/2017)
Ban
on
plastic bags ineffective (ht 17/07/2017), Plastic
bag
ban proves to be just a fanciful idea: Earlier moves go
down the drain, govt fails to bring new directive;
Official says focus must be on raising awareness about
reuse and recycle (kp 28/07/2017)
Waste
management:
Detrimental effects of solid waste in the Everest region
should be curbed in innovative and efficient ways, by
Tsewang Nuru Sherpa (kp 14/07/2017)
City
fathers
demand review of proposed garbage deal (kp
12/07/2017), Waste
mgmt project wins support of Ktm municipal bodies (rep
12/07/2017)
Rs
219 per family for garbage truck come April, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 12/07/2017)
Kawasoti
locals
protest municipal decision on dumping site (ht
07/07/2017)
Pokhara-Lekhnath
metropolis
facing garbage woes (ht 25/06/2017)
Everest
cleaning
campaign: French team clears trash (kp 31/05/2017)
Nepal
attends
meeting on hazardous chemicals (kp 06/05/2017)
First
textile
recycling factory set up in Bhojpur, by Bidhya Rai (kp
28/04/2017)
Ban
on
plastic bags in Valley proves a non-starter (ht
18/04/2017)
IBN
close
to signing solid waste deal with Nepwaste (kp
09/04/2017)
NTA
stresses
on regulatory framework for e-waste management (ht
08/04/2017)
Implement
plastic
ban effectively, govt told (ht 21/03/2017)
Waste
contract
likely to be signed this week: Nepali-Finnish joint
venture Nepwaste will be implementing Package Number 1 of
the Kathmandu Valley Integrated Solid Waste Management
Project (kp 14/03/2017)
IBN
close
to signing deal with Nepwaste (kp 15/02/2017)
Govt
agency
mulls using drones to keep an eye on litterbugs (kp
12/02/2017)
Sisdol
landfill
site row: Okharpauwa VDC put off protest (kp
11/02/2017)
Valley
municipalities
explore new landfill site: 5-member body formed for joint
operation in Banchare Danda, Nuwakot, by Anup Ojha (kp
07/02/2017)
Garbage
litters
highway forest in Nawalparasi, by Nabin Paudel (kp
04/02/2017)
Chiefs
of
municipalities in Valley take stock of Okharpauwa-based
landfill site (ht 27/01/2017)
Ex-minister
stresses
proper management of household waste (ht 18/01/2017)
Payment
dispute
delays handover of energy plant (ht 07/01/2017)
Kathmandu
valley
integrated solid waste management project: IBN to start
negotiation with private firms soon, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 05/01/2017)
Govt
to
conduct feasibility study for landfill sites in Valley
(ht 04/01/2017)
Govt
to
enforce segregation of household waste (kp 01/01/2017)
‘Hamro
Lalitpur’
app to keep track of garbage trucks, by Anup Ojha (kp
31/12/2016)
Integrated
plan
must for effective waste management: Minister Thapa
(kp 18/12/2016)
MoFALD
to
slap litterbugs with fine up to Rs 500: Rules against
tossing waste from vehicles introduced, by Anup Ojha
(kp 16/12/2016), Stiff
penalty
for throwing trash from vehicles (ht 16/12/2016)
New
landfill
site being constructed (ht 10/12/2016)
KMC
collects
Rs 26,500 from litterbugs in fines: Women’s group
active in river clean-up fines a woman dumping waste
into Bagmati at Tilganga on Saturday morning (kp
04/12/2016)
Value
in
waste: KMC’s pilot project’s success could lead to similar
projects in other municipalities and involvement of the
private sector on a bigger scale, by Sujata Awale (ht
13/11/2016), Power
generation
from waste to start in a week (ht 18/11/2016), Operation
of
waste-to-energy plant delayed (ht 23/11/2016), Teku
energy
plant yet to come into operation (ht 25/12/2016)
Power
generated
from waste for the first time (ht 27/10/2016)
Waste
management problem in Ilam, by Bhim Chapagain (rep
20/10/2016)
Litterbugs
beware:
KMC may be on to you (kp 19/10/2016)
Fines
for
not segregating household waste at source (ht
18/10/2016)
Rampant
dumping
of garbage at Bhateri pollutes Madi River (ht
17/10/2016)
Side
effects
of waste: Nepal needs to assess the long-term impacts of
waste-to-energy initiatives (kp 14/10/2016)
Despite
ban,
use of plastic bags rampant (ht 02/10/2016)
Solid
waste
management: Municipalities asked to implement act pronto
(kp 25/09/2016)
IBN
to
sign Rs8b waste management contract (kp 21/09/2016)
Several
organisations
take part in nationwide clean-up campaign (ht
18/09/2016)
KMC
fits
waste-to-energy plant in Teku (ht 06/09/2016), Waste-to-power
project
at final stage, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/09/2016), Festivals,
public
holidays delay launch of waste-to-energy plant (ht
14/09/2016) [? Reduce the number
of public Hindu holidays dramatically! We are no longer
living in the Middle Ages!], Waste-to-power
plant
set to start operation (kp 21/09/2016), Power
generation
from waste to begin only after Dashain (ht
01/10/2016), KMC
starts
generating gas from waste (ht 07/10/2016)
Waste-to-power
machines
finally arrive in Birgunj , by Pramod Kumar Tandan (ht
21/08/2016)
Nepal
lacks
e-waste management laws (ht 07/08/2016)
Municipalities
told
to enforce plastic ban (ht 05/08/2016)
From
waste
to use: More innovative methods of turning the wastes to
use should also be learned from the experiences of other
countries (ht 05/08/2016)
KMC
importing
waste-to-energy equipment, by Pramod Kumar Tandan (ht
04/08/2016)
Living
amidst
filth, by Roshan Sharma (Development and Cooperation,
August 2016)
UN
Park
turns into a garbage dump (ht 18/07/2016)
Ban
on
production and use of plastic bags comes into effect
(ht 17/07/2016)
Landslides
obstruct garbage transport (ht 17/07/2016)
KMC
to
generate electricity from waste materials (ht
16/07/2016)
Govt
to
resume plastic ban drive: Citing poor monitoring for the
failure of the previous ban, the govt has decided to
enforce the regulations strictly this time (kp
04/07/2016)
IBN
to
sign agreement to manage valley’s waste: Nepwaste will
implement the project in Kathmandu and neighbouring
VDCs, while Clean Valley will work in Lalitpur,
Kirtipur, Bhaktapur, Madhyapur Thimi and adjoining VDCs,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 23/06/2016)
Cleanliness
is
godliness, by Kalu Maila (rep 03/06/2016)
Faecal
sludge
mgmt project: DDCs told to allocate land (kp
22/05/2016)
Plastic
ain’t
fantastic, by Sneha Pandey (rep 06/05/2016)
Effective
garbage
management, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 08/04/2016)
Dangerous
rubbish:
E-waste is adding a new problem to Nepal’s already
mismanaged and overburdened garbage disposal system,
by Lokmani Rai (nt 01/04/2016)
Naya
Shakti
cleans up Boudha area (kp 27/03/2016)
Faecal
sludge
treatment plant comes into effect: The plant has the
capacity to treat sludge generated by septic tanks of
around 200 households every day (kp 24/03/2016)
Naya
Shakti
launches city clean-up drive (kp 20/03/2016)
‘Power
from
organic waste in 3 months’: Around 300 tonnes of organic
waste is produced in the Valley daily (kp
18/03/2016)
Govt
to
act tough on plastic ban violators: Says it had
intentionally ignored use of plastic bags after
earthquakes last year (ht 27/02/2016)
Despite
ban,
use of plastic bags rampant in Valley, by Sanskriti
Acharya (rep 10/02/2016)
The
alchemists
of waste: As more and more people come to understand the
value that can be created out of waste, many small
companies similar to Biocomp Nepal are cropping up
everywhere, by Sneha Pandey (nt 29/01/2016)
KMC
launches
Integrated Waste Management Project (ht 28/01/2016)
KMC
project
to convert waste into energy: Metropolis chief doesn’t
have high hopes in EU-partnered undertaking, by
Gaurav Thapa (kp 21/01/2016)
Plastic
waste
can be converted into fuel (ht 15/01/2016)
Disaster
waste
mgmt policy awaits Cabinet approval, by Gaurav Thapa
(kp 22/11/2015)
Waste
to
energy: Construction of biogas plants can
contribute to energy security (kp 06/11/2015)
74.5
metric
tonnes of highly toxic pesticides disposed (ht
05/11/2015)
Fuel
crisis:
KMC unable to remove garbage, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/11/2015), Fuel
crisis
hinders garbage collection, by Riwaj Rai (rep
02/11/2015)
Martadi
streets
littered with household wastes (ht 28/10/2015)
Lack
of
fuel affects garbage collection in valley, by Riwaj
Rai (rep 17/10/2015)
Down
in
the dumps: Solid waste management in the Valley requires
serious attention from the govt (kp 21/09/2015)
KMC
to
levy waste disposal fee on municipalities (ht
14/09/2015)
KMC
finally
clears garbage collected at Teku station (ht
10/09/2015)
Teku
transfer
solution: KMC vows to push waste on time, by Anup
Ojha (kp 09/09/2015)
Banning
plastic
bags remains a challenge (kp 23/08/2015)
Medical
waste
pollutes Tinau, by Amrita Anamol (kp 23/08/2015)
Hospital
waste
dumped into river proving fatal, by Raju Adhikari
(rep 18/08/2015)
Plastic
bag
ban still a burning issue?, by Karuna Neupane Subedi
(ht 16/08/2015)
Management
of
post-disaster debris poses challenge (ht 13/08/2015)
Electronic
waste
management: Separate policy needs to be formulated
(ht 11/08/2015)
Banish
the
bag: The government needs to continue to monitor the ban
on plastic bags (kp 07/08/2015)
Govt
steps
up monitoring on plastic ban (kp 04/08/2015)
Compensation
up
for animal attacks (kp 28/07/2015)
Govt
to
restart plastic-free KTM campaign (kp 27/07/2015), Ban
on
plastic bags to intensify (ht 27/07/2015)
Plan
to
levy waste mgmt surcharge on manufacturers, by
Gaurav Thapa (kp 03/07/2015), KMC
preparing
to bring new
provision to curb littering (ht 03/07/2015)
Experts
call
for converting urban waste into clean energy (ht
19/06/2015)
Environmental
battle
of the new age: Though the story is different elsewhere,
Nepal has not caught up with the idea of e-waste
management, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 05/06/2015)
KMC
to
take two more days to clear garbage (ht 01/05/2015)
OAG
finds
fault in city waste management (ht 17/04/2015)
KMC
launches
apps to receive garbage complaint (ht 14/04/2015), ‘Clean
KTM’
app helps city officials manage waste, by Chahana
Sigdel (kp 18/04/2015)
Plastic
ban
coming into effect tomorrow (ht 13/04/2015), Plastic
bag
ban in valley: Six govt teams to monitor implementation
(kp 14/04/2015), Plastic-free
city:
Ban on plastic bags is first step in our dream of a
clean and green Kathmandu free of hazardous wastes,
by Sandhya Regmi (rep 14/04/2015), Valley
announced
plastic bag-free zone (kp 15/04/2015), Many
oblivious
of govt move: Stakeholders say it will take some time
for its full implementation (ht 15/04/2015), Officials
seize
plastic bags (kp 16/04/2015), Govt
teams
monitor plastic ban (ht 15/04/2015), FNCCI
urges
government to roll back its decision to ban polythene
bags (ht 17/04/2015), Plastic-free
new
year, not easy: “Only a blanket ban will work, making
exceptions will make it impossible to enforce”, by
Sahina Shrestha (nt 17/04/2015), Traders,
consumers
demand alternative, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/04/2015), Denizens
facing
hard time managing household waste, by Some Nath
Ghimire (ht 19/04/2015), Heavy
fine
for plastic users, distributors (ht 21/04/2015), Govt
‘enforcing’plastic
ban strongly (ht 24/04/2015), To
bag
or not to bag, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 24/04/2015)
Indian
Army
team to remove tons of Everest trash: 30-member group
leaving for Lukla today, to bring down approximately
4,000 kg rubbish (ht 11/04/2015)
Garbage
at
Teku transfer station creating public nuisance (rep
10/04/2015)
SC
‘favours’
plan to ban plastic bags (kp 08/04/2015), SC
refuses
interim order on plastic ban (ht 08/04/2015), Garbage
in,
garbage out: The ban on plastic bags is
well-intentioned, but it is enforcement that matters
(kp 09/04/2015)
KMC
to
distribute waste segregation bins to 500 households of
Ward No 9 (ht 04/04/2015)
Mess
of
a mountain: Hauling trash off Everest is a Himalayan
task but somebody’s got to do it (kp 03/04/2015)
Managing
waste
becoming a challenge: Capital generating 500 tonnes of
garbage every day, say KMC, stakeholders (ht
03/04/2015)
Pokhara
locals
included in waste management (ht 27/03/2015)
Ban
on
polythene bags from April 14 (ht 23/03/2015), Govt’s
New
Year resolve: Polythene bag-free Valley (kp
24/03/2015)
Waste
management:
Govt warns of action against those creating obstruction
(ht 21/03/2015)
Manage
waste
on your own: KMC to public (ht 14/03/2015), City
roads
and roundabouts littered with garbage: KMC hasn’t
collected waste since Thursday after employees refused
to work demanding security (ht 15/03/2015), City
reeks
as
KMC staff raise stink about loss: Metropolis employees
have not collected garbage since Thursday (ht
16/03/2015), Valley’s
waste
collection resumes (kp 17/03/2015), KMC
resumes
garbage collection inside city: Finnish and Indian
companies deployed to study state of waste dumped at
Sisdole (ht 17/03/2015), Okharpauwa
locals
agree to let KMC dump garbage (ht 18/03/2015)
KMC-Sisdole
folk
row hits waste mgmt (kp 13/03/2015), Okharpauwa
locals
obstruct garbage dumping (rep 13/03/2015)
Plastic
waste
exported to India (ht 11/03/2015)
Teku
Waste
Transfer Station still to clear garbage (ht
08/03/2015)
40
tonnes
garbage collected (kp 01/03/2015)
Rupees
from
rubbish: Private companies are stepping in to manage and
make money from Kathmandu’s garbage, by
Sahina Shrestha (nt 27/02/2015)
Sisdole
locals
obstruct garbage disposal (kp 24/02/2015), Okharpauwa
locals
obstruct waste disposal at Sisdole (ht 25/02/2015),
Okharpauwa
locals’
protest affecting waste management (ht 26/02/2015),
Waste
disposal
resumes (kp 28/02/2015)
Students’
waste
mgmt concept tops Idea Fest, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
22/02/2015)
Hamri
Bahini
sells 100,000 ‘green’ bags, raises Rs 5m, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 21/02/2015)
Govt
ups
drive to ban plastics bags in Valley (ht 15/02/2015)
Awareness
about
waste management (ht 14/02/2015)
Waste
management
plan gathers momentum (ht 12/02/2015)
IBN
finally
selects 2 firms for DPR on Valley waste (rep
12/02/2015)
Municipalities
urged
to promote waste segregation (rep 07/02/2015)
New
biogas
programme launched (kp 04/02/2015)
Waste
management:
Govt plans large-scale biogas plants in cities (kp
29/01/2015)
Manthali
reeking
with stench as garbage remains unmanaged (ht
25/01/2015)
Govt
against
landfill in new municipalities (kp 24/01/2015)
Kirtipur
Municipality
dumping garbage into Bagmati River, by Sangeet
Dangroula (rep 24/01/2015)
Government
to
urge officials to avoid plastic bags (kp 15/01/2015)
Govt
seeks
traders’ help to ban plastic bag use (kp
08/01/2015), Bid
to
rid Valley of plastics flips manufacturers’ lid: Section
of business community flays move, govt says firm on
decision to ban them (ht 08/01/2015)
Govt
sets
parameters for incinerators (ht 03/01/2015)
Litter
louts
findnew trash bins inflower pots (ht 03/01/2015)
Bhrikuti
Mandap
filled with waste materials (ht 03/01/2015) |