Hello Namaste and Warm Greeting to Everyone!!

It has been six month that we are together with. See how fast the time flew away.. the six month period was really so worthy. I would like to express my sincere thankfulness to our mentors, eco generation for making us able, pointing us mistakes and granting a chance to be the better version of ourself,for understanding our situations and making this place a homely place. Similarly all the ambassador from the world did inspired me a lot, thanks for all the beautifully written reports. Thanks for making us well known with own country environmental laws, environmental practices and results.

For this month the last topic has been provided with and its “Waste and Environment”. Deposition of the waste haphazardly has a multihued environmental impacts. An inefficient waste management system has created the serious negative impacts on the environment like outbreak of infectious diseases, increased in land and water pollution, obstruction of drainages and loss of biodiversity.  The wastes are  generated from households, companies, educational institutions and organization which consists of  plastics, bottles, glass, papers, e wastes, metals etc. Some waste can be recycled and used but not the every wastes. In Nepal many areas faces difficulty in the management of the water, solid waste and waste water treatments. The survey was carried out by the Asian Development Bank and found that average per capita household waste generation rate was 170 grams (g)/capita/day. The study also described that the household waste generation rates differs with the economic status and climatic conditions. On average, households with monthly expenditures of NRs40,000 ($417) and above generate more than twice as much waste as households with monthly expenditures of less than NRs5,000 ($52). Households in Terai municipalities generate nearly 80% more waste than those in mountain region municipalities. For institutional establishments, the average daily waste generation was 4.0 kilograms (kg) per school and 1.4 kg per office. Similarly, the average daily waste generation of commercial establishments was 1.4 kg per shop and 5.7 kg per hotel or restaurant. Based on the analysis and findings, it is estimated that waste from households in general contributes about 50%–75% of the total MSW generated. Thus, the average MSW generation was found to be 317 g/capita/day. Using these per capita waste generation rates and the population in 2011, the total MSW generation of the 58 municipalities was estimated at about 1,435 tons/day and 524,000 tons/year. The analysis of household waste composition presented that the highest waste category was organic waste with 66%, followed by plastics with 12%, and paper and paper products with 9%. The composition analysis of institutional wastes revealed 45% paper and paper products, 22% organic wastes, and 21% plastics. The study found that commercial wastes comprised 43% organic wastes, 23% paper and paper products, and 22% plastics. In aggregate, MSW is composed of 56% organic waste, 16% plastics, and 16% paper and paper products. This indicates great potential for producing compost from organic waste, and reusing and recycling other materials, with only about 10% going to final disposal if resource recovery is maximized. The study uncovered that about 30% of surveyed households in the municipalities were practicing segregation of waste at source and composting using traditional methods of management.   Here I would like to present some of the examples of some youth led organization and person who are using innovative ideas for the waste management.  

Nepal Innovation center, Nepal is one of the biggest innovation hub of Nepal established in 2012 inside Kritipur Tribhuwan University. This center is ran by Dr. Mahibir pun and his associates. Various recycle technology has been invented in this center. They also renovate all the unused equipment like wind mill solar panel of certain areas and innovate something new. They are contributing a lot in the sector of environment and the waste management. Their ongoing project for the environment conservation and the waste management are  SOWMS i.e solid organic Waste managing System that produces biogas through the use of the solid waste, Solar Water Heater for tourism  which aim to quantify the relative thermal performances (efficiency and stability) between black nickel substrate and black paint based solar thermal collectors.

“Baala:  From Waste to Wealth” is an initiative to convert wastes like hair, feathers, fur into fertilizer for the farmers using the power of modern robotics, automation and IoT. It’s a boon to convert environmental waste into something required for the country. An initiative to uplift the lives of farmers and make the country self-dependent. The idea started with 4 students at CIT hall, Pulchowk Engineering Campus.

Last but not the least talking about myself and my recycle habit for the waste minimization I usually carry my own shopping bag to minimize the individual plastic consumption, I prepare and segregate biodegradable waste from the non biodegradable waste and prepare compost, vermi compost, bio pesticides, nowadays I am also using effective microorganism liquid to prepare the compost. Along with this I actually follow the recycling process of solid waste such as using bottles in art and craft, bottle for the decorative works.

Its not only a single person responsibility to preserve the mother earth. Its our and we must work together for its protections.

Green cheers!!!