Waste chains and loops in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Title
Waste chains and loops in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Author(s)
Upreti Bishnu, Ghale Yamuna, Véron René, Upreti Drishti, Hollenbach Pia, Kamacharya Yash Man, Rajbhandari Sudarshan
Institution details
Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development
Issued date
2022
Number
6
Genre
Project Working Paper -- r4d Project "Challenges of Municipal Waste Management: Learning from post-crisis initiatives in South Asia"
Language
english
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to describe the current diverse and complex waste chains and loops in the Kathmandu Valley with a focus on three sites: (1) the generation, collection, and recycling of waste in the municipality of Kirtipur, where the private sector is also actively engaged; (2) the sorting and recycling at the transfer station in Teku (Ward no. 12 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC)); and (3) the final disposal and scavenging at the landfill site in Sisdol. These descriptions refer to the involved materials, processes, and actors with the aim to identify the main challenges and opportunities in the waste chain. The paper also examines the influence of the waste crisis triggered by the earthquake and Indian blockade in 2015.
Keywords
Solid Waste Management, Waste Chains, Nepal
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04/04/2022 11:39
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05/04/2022 6:13
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