Archive waste 2000-2003

Archive

Solid waste management in Kathmandu Valley, by Shashi Bahadur Thapa (kp 04/12/2003)

Tansen building new dumping site, by Madhav Aryal (kp 02/12/2003)

Dumping of waste pollutes Trishuli river (Himalayan Times, 05/11/2003)

Govt set to overhaul Gokarna dumping site (Himalayan Times, 25/10/2003)

Waste management a problem for KMC (Kathmandu Post, 16/10/2003)

Lack of dumping site pollutes Andi Khola (Himalayan Times, 30/09/2003)

Community help key to success in waste management, says expert, by Robin Giri (Himalayan Times, 19/09/2003)

Five cities in the Valley to have solid waste action plan, by Kiran Chapagain (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2003)

Covered compost bins to reduce stench, by Archana Parajuli (Kathmandu Post, 05/09/2003)

Waste Management: Turning The Clock Back, by Dewan Rai (Spotlight, 22/08/2003)

Garbage dumps make life hell for Tekusi residents, by Sangeeta Rijal (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2003)

KMC decision to hit garbage collection, by Razen Manandhar (Himalayan Times, 27/07/2003)

Okharpauwa: The next Syuchatar? by Tejasuee Rajbhandari & Sangeeta Rijal (Kathmandu Post, 01/07/2003)

Recycling plastic, by Jaya Dev Baidya (Kathmandu Post, 16/06/2003)

Locals help manage solid waste in city (Himalayan Times, 13/06/2003)

Will City turn a mount of garbage? (Himalayan Times, 13/06/2003)

Uncontrolled disposal of batteries a health hazard, by Christine Miethge (Kathmandu Post, 02/06/2003)

Looking for solution of garbage problem in the capital city? by Tejasuee Rajbhandari and Christiane Miethge (Kathmandu Post, 22/05/2003)

KMC garbage problem remains unsolved, by Tejasuee Rajbhandari & Christiane Miethge (Kathmandu Post, 15/05/2003)

SC order on plastic bags (Kathmandu Post, 14/05/2003)

Medical trash poses serious health hazards, by Perina Pathak (Kathmandu Post, 02/05/2003)

Dhading Beshi suffers extensive pollution, by Rajendra Pratap Shah (Kathmandu Post, 23/04/2003)

Earthworms offer key to waste management, infertility, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (Rising Nepal, 02/02/2003)

An exemplary initiative, by Bhumika Bhutia (Kathmandu Post, 30/12/2002)

Khokna project to use human waste safely, wisely, by Razen Manandhar (Himalayan Times, 08/12/2002)

KMC retreats plastic ban policy (Kathmandu Post, 04/10/2002)

KMC to push private garbage service (Kathmandu Post, 20/09/2002)

KMC to operate incinerator (Kathmandu Post, 26/08/2002)

Waste Disposal: On Dangerous Ground, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 09/08/2002)

Locals voice against composting plant at Chovar (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2002)

Composting plant of KMC starts working again after 12 years (Kathmandu Post, 23/07/2002)

Growing concern over garbage disposal in Pokhara, by Amrit Bhadgaunle (Kathmandu Post, 10/06/2002)
See also Pokhara decides to continue disposing garbage in Seti, by Kul Chandra Neupane (Kathmandu Post, 16/06/2002)

Piles of empty bottles littering cities, tourist destinations, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 20/05/2002)

Where’s the KMC to find a safe landfill site? (Kathmandu Post, 08/05/2002)

Search for alternative landfill site in capital on (Kathmandu Post, 05/05/2002)

Landfill site work halted after bomb blast, by Kulchandra Neupane (Kathmandu Post, 22/02/2002)

Health Warning: Beware of hazardous medical waste, by Dazen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 13/02/2002)

Who is responsible? by Rupak Thapaliya (Sunday Post, 03/02/2002)

Hospital Wastes: Time To Think And Act, by Bachchu Kailash Kaini (Rising Nepal, 20/01/2002)
See also Hidden Hazard, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 25/01/2002)

Waste Management: Cordoning Contamination, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 11/01/2002)

Milijuli cleaning comes to standstill (Kathmandu Post, 08/01/2002)

Okharpauwa: A solution for Valley’s garbage riddle (Kathmandu Post, 30/12/2001)
See also editorial Garbage solutions (Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2001)

KMC to have better garbage transfer station (Kathmandu Post, 02/12/2001)

Politics of wastes, by Chiranjibi Kafle (Kathmandu Post, 30/11/2001)

Future of Okharpauwa landfill site still uncertain, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 08/11/2001)

Experts warn of major environmental disaster at Gokarna dumping site, by Birodh Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 16/10/2001)

KMC to put garbage bins (Kathmandu Post, 03/07/2001)

Greens clean up Everest base camp (Kathmandu Post, 25/05/2001)
See also The Tragedy in the Himalayas: The highest summit or the highest junkyard? by Raji Dhital (Wave Magazine, May 2001), Part 2, Part 3

Clarification (Rising Nepal, 18/05/2001)
Letter by Ernst Reichenbach, GTZ Programme Coordinator [the corresponding article published in The Rising Nepal, 15/05/2001 has not been published in the internet]

Mayor flays Govt over garbage problem (Kathmandu Post, 14/05/2001)

Managing Waste (Rising Nepal, 29/04/2001)

A sewer runs through it, by Ramyata Limbu (Nepali Times, 20/04/2001)

Dhadingbesi badly needs dumping site (Kathmandu Post, 17/04/2001)

Pokhara sets example in garbage management (Kathmandu Post, 10/04/2001)

Garbage Disposal: Down In The Dumps, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 16/03/2001)

Safa Tempos are not clean: Experts (Rising Nepal, 15/03/2001)

Writ against dumping along Bagmati banks (Kathmandu Post, 24/01/2001)

Birgunj turns filthy for lack of dumping site (Kathmandu Post, 06/01/2001)

For Keep's Sake: A message of Environmental Conservation, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 22/12/2000)

KMC composting plant rusting despite garbage pile, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 15/12/2000)

Locals eager to swap land for garbage (Kathmandu Post, 27/11/2000)

Garbage Management In Banepa, by Madhav Prasad Adhikari and Ram Hari Gaihre (Rising Nepal, 26/11/2000)

Kathmandu's Solid Waste: Trash Course, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 24/11/2000)

KMC launches Household Waste Collection Programme, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2000)

Economics of solid waste management, by Udaya Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2000)

My city, my container, by Mukesh Chandra Baral (Kathmandu Post, 14/11/2000)

Cultural city of Bhaktapur could face garbage problem, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 13/11/2000)

Manage waste disposal (Kathmandu Post, 10/11/2000)

Simpani proposed as new dumping site (Kathmandu Post, 09/11/2000)

Garbage vs heritage, by Oj Man Singh Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 05/11/2000)

Trash is back (Nepali Times, 27/100/2000)

Govt in search of new alternatives to garbage menace, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 24/10/2000)

Garbage dumping near Pokhara airport: How safe?, by LB Thapa (People's Review, 19/10/2000)

Kathmanduites, are you ready to pay for your garbage?, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 17/10/2000)

Environmentalists sceptical about new dump site (Kathmandu Post, 04/10/2000)

Stop dumping near TIA (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2000)

Dumping airlines & Pashupati area along capital's garbage..., by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2000)

Stop garbage politics (Kathmandu Post, 27/09/2000)
Letter by Hari Bansha Dulal

Bagmati bank not fit for waste dump (Rising Nepal, 22/09/2000)

Nepal's growing rubbish pile, by Daniel Lak (BBC News, 18/09/2000)

The garbage politics, by Bed Mani Dahal (Kathmandu Post, 03/09/2000)

Solid waste management in Kathmandu, by Neera (Shrestha) Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 03/09/2000)

Dumping site near TIA: How safe?, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 22/08/2000)

Dumping garbage along Bagmati to invite disaster (Kathmandu Post, 07/08/2000)

Landfilling is a wrong concept (Independent, 02/08/2000)

At last, garbage dumping site found (Kathmandu Post, 28/07/2000)

Waste management: Nowhere To Dump, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 21/07/2000)

Garbage mount up epidemic threat in capital, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 21/07/2000)

Ban plastic bags: Mahat (Kathmandu Post, 20/07/2000)

Find a permanent solution for garbage (Independent, 19/07/2000)

Politically created garbage problem (Independent, 12/07/2000)

Jorpati locals force back garbage trucks (Rising Nepal, 12/07/2000)

Garbage management: Dumping Aside Bagmati, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 23/06/2000)

Govt dumping waste along Bagmati (Kathmandu Post, 17/06/2000)

Issue of solid waste disposal more pronounced says MSI survey (Telegraph, 17/05/2000)

Garbages dumped into Trishuli (Kathmandu Post, 28/04/2000)

Pokhara Sub-Metropolis seeks help of dhami (People's Review, 20/04/2000)

DPM injured in dumping site protest Syuchatar locals against proposed dumping site, by Sanjeev Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 01/04/2000)

Solid waste mismanagement: capital's shame (Spotlight, 25/02/2000)

Solid waste: Boon in disguise (Kathmandu Post, 05/02/2000)

The search for a new dumping site as elusive as ever before, by Yogendra Bista (The Kathmandu Post, 14 January 2000)

Garbage major problem of Kathmandu (The People's Review, 23 December 1999)
Interview with Binod Pant

Locals up against dumping site (The Kathmandu Post, 22 December 1999)