The micro classification center operating in Dhangadhi sub-metropolitan city-2 has earned 45 lakh 55 thousand by selling perishable and non-perishable waste. The center earned 2.5 million 55 thousand in the last financial year and 2.2 million in eight months of the current year.
According to Ashok Awasthi, head of environment, drinking water and sanitation management branch of the sub-metropolitan city, the center, which was put into operation by the sub-metropolitan city from July 2080/081, has been selling waste through a contract through a private company since the current year.
Dhangadi's Nandadevi Seva Kendra The contract has been awarded for five years from 2081 to 2086/87. A contract has been signed with the contractor company to increase the amount by 10 percent every year for five years according to the contract amount of the first year.
Out of the 19 wards of the sub-metropolitan city, 21 tons of garbage is collected daily from nine wards and the center sorts the garbage and sells it. In the remaining 10 wards, garbage is being collected by placing dustbins in commercial centers through the cleanliness campaign.
Plastic, iron, tin, aluminum, rubber, shoes, paper are all classified and sold separately according to the sub-metropolitan municipality. There is a problem in the management of non-biodegradable plastic waste of crisps and noodles.
Stating that such waste is being managed on vacant land on the recommendation of the ward, Awasthi said, '70 percent of the collected waste has been put to use, and biogas has been extracted from the rotting waste from the collected waste.'
21 tractors collected rotable solid and non-biodegradable garbage from Dhangadhi market and other wards and took it to the center and separated paper, plastic, metal, cloth, glass, wood, firewood, various types of wire, radio, TV, mobile and other electrical materials and rubber.
classification center to separate paper, plastic and other waste And three machines are placed to press. The sub-metropolitan city has leased two bighas of land for 15 years at the rate of 125,000 per year and has put the center into operation with an investment of 30 lakhs. Hasta Bahadur Shah, the owner of the center, said that the garbage collected from the
market is being sold in markets including Dhangadhi, Biratnagar, Bhairawa and Dang and some local markets. At present, 140 people are employed in micro classification. People's representatives from all over the country come to observe the center.
