Studies have been started in 56 municipalities across the country for plastic waste management. A study is being conducted in 56 municipalities across the country as a sample for the type, nature and management of plastic waste.

Avni Digopana Kendra has got the responsibility for it. of that institution  Researcher Engineer Gagan Sharma currently has five  And said that the study is being done simultaneously at 56 local levels across the country. He said that the study has been started in collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry and Environment to complete the work within six months. 

Earlier, in 2013, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank in 2020 conducted a study on plastic waste in Nepal for the first time, Sharma said. Four groups are being studied in 56 municipalities across the country, in which researchers from engineers to waste management are assigned. We can prepare a report by June,' he said. In this, a citizen is looking at how much plastic waste is produced in Sardar and how it is being managed.'

It is being studied in Pokhara Metropolitan Municipality, Walling Municipality, Baglung Municipality, Mangala Rural Municipality and Gharapzhong Rural Municipality of Gandaki Province. Engineer Sharma said that during the preliminary study, 25 to 30 percent of the total waste generated in Baglung municipality is plastic waste.

It has been found during the study that 90 percent of the plastic waste produced in Baglung market is used only once and 10 percent is reused. It has been found that the use of single-use plastic has increased the production of plastic waste," he said. "The study has shown that 25 to 30 percent of plastic waste is produced in Baglung Municipality, while 14 percent of the world's waste is produced by plastic waste.