Meeting on waste management

Sunday,21 February 2010

Kathmandu: Separating degradable and non-degradable wastes would go a long way in Kathmandu Valley’s ever-increasing garbage problem, according to experts. “The valley’s solid waste management is getting tough by the day due to increasing population and the separation of the garbage from the households only could contribute a lot,” said Dipendra Oli, legal officer at Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre (SWMRMC) at a workshop on successful practices of municipal solid waste management. The three-day sharing workshop on solid waste management organised by UN HABITAT began in the Capital from Monday. The Ministry of Local Development (MoLD) is also planning a public-private partnership approach. In view of potential problem in cities like Birtamod, Phidim, Bardiwas, Lekhnath, Atariya and others, MoLD is conducting research and survey so that these cities would not face the difficulty in managing solid waste. (Source: The Kathmandu Post, February 16, 2010)