Six areas have been determined for the management of Kathmandu Metropolitan City's waste. The Environmental Management Department of the Metropolitan City has announced that it is going to implement a new system to make waste management more convenient and effective. According to Sarita Rai, head of the environment department, one transfer station will be prepared in each of the six areas and the waste will be taken to the 'landfill site' Bancharedanda for final management.
For that, Kampa has determined 32 wards on the basis of geography and population. Rai says that only waste classified at the source will be managed. As the waste produced in 18 local levels of Kathmandu Valley is taken to the 'Landfill Site' Bancharedanda, pollution will increase at that place as well as the cost of waste collection and transportation will increase.
For this, KAMPA has made producers responsible for waste management. According to Chief Rai, according to the Garbage Management Act 2068 and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Environment and Natural Resources Protection Act, 2077, there is a legal provision to classify waste at its source. At present, waste classification is being done at the source in Ward No. 5, 10, 24, 25, 26 and 27.
Kamapa is preparing to manage waste in other wards soon by sorting it. 20 percent of the waste generated at the source will be taken to Bancharedanda and the rest will be managed through service providers. Prior to this, except for the inner nine wards, private organizations were managing the waste.
At present, 1600 metric tons of garbage is released daily from 18 local levels of Kathmandu Valley. The waste that was being managed in Sisdol in the past has been being managed in Bancharedanda for the past two and a half years after that place was filled.
How to classify garbage?
There are two types of garbage accumulated in the kitchen, rotting and non-rotting. Keeping perishables in separate containers and non-perishables in separate containers is a classification. Producers of non-biodegradable waste can sell it themselves. Fertilizer can be made by the producers of rotting waste. If it is not possible to make compost, it can be put in the vehicle that came to collect garbage from Kampa and sent.
Vegetables (vegetables), excess food, fish, meat, bones, eggs, tea leaves, fruit peels, things from cooking food, tree leaves are decaying garbage. Similarly, plastic, glass, paper, clothes, shoes, packaged goods, wood, rubber, cement bags, bottles, iron, etc. are non-biodegradable waste.
