Tag: #solid waste management
Articles tagged with #solid waste management
Cleaner air, longer lives
Air pollution is reducing the lifespan of Nepalis, and we know how to clean it up
Cleaning up high places
Managing solid waste in the Nepal Himalaya with a case study of Langtang National Park
Nepal’s glaring food gap
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIAlthough the undernutrition rate in Nepal has dropped dramatically in the past two decades, a quarter of its children still…
Garbage in, garbage out
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe good people of Okharpauwa in Nuwakot finally signed a ceasefire agreement with the litterbugs of Kathmandu last week to…
A load of rubbish
Kathmandu Valley's only landfill site Sisdole has reached its maximum capacity. All photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s capital stank for more than a…
Managing Everest’s waste problem
Typical garbage pit outside of a village, usually out of sight of the main trekking trail. Landfills are particularly problematic in the alpine…
Nepali ultra-marathoner’s anti-litter drive
One of the best and nearest hiking trails from Kathmandu is the Champadevi-Chandragiri walk – it offers a splendid view of the Himalaya as well…
Giving back to Nepal what Nepal gave to them
HONORED: Bipana Bastola, a Grade 10 student receives the Zayed Sustainability Award on behalf of her Bloom Nepal School from UAE Crown Prince…
Too many mules on the Everest trail
Mule and mani wall. Photos: ALTON C BYERSThe Sherpas reportedly have a saying that “there’s only one Everest,” meaning that because Everest is…
Everest fights back
(against garbage and bad press)
Upscaling Upcycling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byB2UFWlCs4&feature=youtu.beWhen actress, fashion designer and, more recently, the director of her debut film…
What will Nepal do with its e-waste?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxID1RV9zsg&feature=youtu.beHeaps of discarded CRT monitors and keyboards are stacked one above the other. Tube…
A Plastic republic
An integral part of modern lifestyle and the global market, plastic is an essential component in the latest gadgets and luxury goods, and in…
Everest Garbage CARAVAN
The first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953 and the first flights into Lukla Airport a decade later opened up the trekking trail to the world’s…