Waste disposal affected (ht 18/05/2012)

It’s official: No more plastic bags in city (kp 14/05/2012), Bag blues: Though praiseworthy, measures to sustain ban on plastic bags are needed (kp 15/05/2012)

Dumping waste in riverlands three behind bars, by Nirjana Sharma (kp 03/05/2012)

Better City Environment, by Shyam K.C. (rn 17/04/2012)

Litter bugs mend your ways or face KMC-police action: 45 arrested from various parts of the Capital for throwing garbage on streets (kp 15/04/2012), Modern garbage: Kathmandu can be clean, green and healthy again (kp 16/04/2012)

House Cleaning Or Show Off?, by Shyam K.C. (rn 10/04/2012)

Rs 600 m waste processing project in limbo (ht 25/03/2012)

Plan to make Pashupati zero waste producer, by Nirjana Sharma (kp 24/02/2012)

Drive to rid trekking routes, national parks of plastics (kp 24/02/2012)

Separate garbage bins still a far cry (ht 09/02/2012)

Govt to segregate garbage (ht 02/02/2012)

Hospital waste posing health hazard (ht 31/01/2012)

Decline in black plastic use in heritage sites, by Sangeet Sangroula (kp 29/01/2012)

Solid waste management Regional effort can deliver, by Bhuwan Adhikari (ht 23/01/2012)

Ban on plastic bags below 20 microns soon (rep 03/01/2012)

36 tonnes of Valley plastic waste recyclable into oil (kp 01/01/2012)

Obsolete pesticides to leave Nepal by next week (rep 29/12/2011)

WB support for waste management (ht 09/12/2011)

Recycling success at Bir Hospital (ht 09/12/2011)

Damak municipality takes steps to discourage plastic bag use (nn 29/11/2011)

Signature campaign to ban plastic bags (kp 23/11/2011)

KMC gets tough on waste disposal: Books five persons for dumping garbage in public places (kp 18/11/2011)

'Garbage containers in every ward' (rep 15/11/2011)

Waste collection drive soon (ht 30/10/2011)

Kapilvastu municipality covered in garbage, sewerage (ht 30/10/2011)

Plan to set up compost plants in cities (ht 27/10/2011)

Everest waste recycle plan (ht 25/10/2011)

KMC to keep tabs on Valley waste disposal: Violators to be fined Rs 1,000 on the spot (ht 23/10/2011), Panel to check waste anomalies (kp 24/10/2011)

Removal of date-expired pesticides begins in Amlekhgunj: German team to collect hazardous chemicals from Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Hetauda, Nepalgunj in three weeks (ht 23/10/2011), Toxic chemical fertilizers being removed from Bara courtesy GTZ (nn 23/10/2011), Pesticide disposal process begins, by Upendra Lamichhane (rep 24/10/2011), Pesticides to be removed; hazards to remain, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 25/10/2011), Pesticides removed from Nepalgunj (ht 31/10/2011)

KMC sets fees for waste collection at homes (ht 22/10/2011)

KMC accelerates drive against poly bags: Bans them on Swoyambhunath, Bouddhanath premises, by Nirjana Sharma (kp 14/10/2011)

City stinks as heaps of garbage lie on streets (kp 11/10/2011), KMC’s Poor Performance Needs To Be Reversed (rn 12/10/2011)

1.4m pentavalent vaccines to be destroyed (rep 24/09/2011)

Waste collection to be a norm soon (ht 22/09/2011)

Nepal to get rid of hazardous pesticides, by Om Astha Rai (rep 14/09/2011)

Garbage piles up with KMC vehicles garaged, by Kritika Parajuli (kp 06/09/2011), Garbage piling up on streets of capital city (nn 06/09/2011), Minister gives KMC three days for garbage disposal (rep 07/09/2011), KMC starts picking up garbage (nn 07/09/2011)

Valley to welcome Dashain amid garbage crisis: Around two dozen KMC vehicles out of service (ht 04/09/2011)

Implementing waste management law can rid city of garbage problem, by Sumitra Amatya (kp 30/08/2011)

KMC finds it hard to enforce plastic ban; Says illegal firms make monitoring tough (kp 27/08/2011)

Obsolete pesticides plague Bara locals, by Pratap Bista (kp 19/08/2011)

Valley’s garbage disposal resumes (kp 03/08/2011)

KMC to sell 2,500 compost bins to households, by Arjun Poudel (rep 02/08/2011)

Waste management regulation on cards (ht 24/07/2011)

Pokhara to be plastic-free city, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 18/07/2011)

KMC works to rid city of poly bags in 2 years, by Jenee Rai (kp 12/07/2011), Kathmandu declaration: Eliminating plastic bags is good for nature and the people (kp 13/07/2011), KMC’s first step on polythene bag ban (kp 18/07/2011)

New EU scheme to benefit Valley garbage collectors (ht 09/07/2011)

Groundwork to enforce waste management act (ht 07/07/2011)

KMC to apply waste mgmt law soon (kp 01/07/2011)

Solid waste management, a burning issue now, by Navin Adhikari (kp 15/06/2011)

Polythene bags a no-no in Singha Durbar (kp 06/06/2011), Singha Durbar to be plastic-free zone (ht 06/06/2011), Plastic ban remains on paper (ht 27/06/2011)

3 months jail, Rs 100,000 fine for landfill site obstruction, by Sundar Khanal (rep 29/05/2011), Welcome act (rep 29/05/2011)

Save Everest team collects 5 tons of garbage (rep 25/05/2011), Everest waste set to arrive in capital: Eight tonnes of garbage collected from the region in a month, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 31/05/2011), Everest summiteers ask govt to keep years old Everest waste in museum (nn 31/05/2011)

Waste management not mandatory for municipals: Garbage problems worsening with more towns emerging (ht 17/05/2011)

Waste segregation campaign to kick off (ht 10/05/2011)

Schoolchildren teaching litter law in Doti: Kids’bid to keep the village clean (ht 23/04/2011)

Where does our garbage go?, by Ujjwala Maharjan (rep 22/04/2011)

Save Everest drive underway (kp 21/04/2011)

Locals block landfill site (ht 17/04/2011)

Action plan for waste management on cards: 15 municipals to be targeted (ht 16/04/2011)

No alternative in sight for Aletar landfill site (ht 10/04/2011)

Okharpauwa locals resort to acting the goat: Halt garbage disposal over death of a caprine animal (ht 06/04/2011)

Himalayas clean-up to cost Rs 70,000 m (ht 30/03/2011)

Tricks of the trash, by Bidur Prasad Upadhyay (kp 14/03/2011)

Waste not, want not: Alternative energy sources must be supported in national-level energy and waste management policies, by Rabindra Nepal (kp 20/02/2011)

Garbage law goes into dustbin (ht 16/02/2011)

Waste unwelcome in Gorkha village: Girls crusading to keep the neighbourhood clean, by Shiva Prasad Upreti (ht 14/02/2011)

Project to generate electricity from valley's garbage within two years (nn 06/02/2011)

KMC’s trash cans fail to attract public (kp 11/01/2011)

Govt not keeping its end of bargain: Sisdole locals (ht 06/01/2011)

Lofty garbage management plan may get the axe (kp 05/01/2011)

Handy waste: Two-third of household wastes can be transformed into fuel, by Paavan Mathema (nt 24/12/2010)

Valley’s trash to spin money, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 05/12/2010)

MoU for garbage-fuelled plant: Nepal-India joint venture company to prepare DPR (ht 01/12/2010)

KMC brings vehicles out of mothballs: Forty China-donated waste management wagons to be used in the Valley (ht 28/11/2010)

KMC trash bins in the doghouse (kp 24/11/2010)

A mountain of waste, by Byanjana Thapa (kp 20/11/2010)

Waste not, want not: Waste wouldn’t be a problem if it was viewed as a resource, by Narayan Bahadur Bist (kp 18/11/2010)

Trash bins to pepper city: 10 containers installed from Tinkune to Maitighar (kp 14/11/2010), Streets to get garbage bins: First phase on to test effectiveness (ht 16/11/2010)

KMC vehicles stalled for want of clearance: The KMC is unable to use 108 vehicles and 4,000 containers donated by China to collect and dispose of the capital’s waste, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 21/10/2010), China-gifted vehicles come into operation (kp 26/10/2010)

Banchare Danda landfill site: Dream project on horizon (kp 07/10/2010)

Source management best option, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 05/10/2010)

Officials show scepticism on Valley garbage-fuelled plant (ht 05/10/2010)

The Brownies of Kathmandu: By the time Kathmandu wakes up, the sweepers who clean our streets are gone, by Byanjana Thapa (kp 02/10/2010)

Turning trash into cash, the vermi-compost way, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 29/09/2010)

Waste mgmt report ready (kp 24/09/2010)

‘Begin waste mangement at home itself’ (ht 14/09/2010)

SC slams govt over garbage (ht 10/09/2010)

Don't trash trash, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 09/09/2010)

The government must take a firm stand to solve the garbage problem, by Rabin Man Shrestha (kp 02/09/2010), Alternative to Sisdole site being mulled (ht 02/09/2010), Not in my backyard, by Shandip K.C. (rep 02/09/2010)

Another group obstructs garbage disposal (nn 31/08/2010), Another group to leave Valley stinking (kp 01/09/2010), Garbage disposal disrupted again (ht 01/09/2010), Dumping to resume today (kp 02/09/2010), Cops to help clean up stinking city (ht 02/09/2010), KMC starts disposing garbage with help of security (nn 02/09/2010), Garbage to be off the streets in 2 days (ht 03/09/2010), Work on war footing to clear capital of garbage (ht 04/09/2010)

Lahan stinking unbearably: Locals, municipality blaming each other (ht 31/08/2010)

Metropolis gets vehicles for trash management (kp 28/08/2010)

Garbage disposal gets obstructed again (nn 25/08/2010), Garbage heaps thorn in Valley flesh, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 27/08/2010), Obstruction in garbage disposal continues; talks likely today (nn 27/08/2010), Valley stinks to high heavens: Doctors warn of myriad diseases’ outbreak (kp 28/08/2010), Sisdole locals dump talks, obstruct waste disposal (ht 28/08/2010), Trash talks end inconclusively; City poised to stink further (kp 29/08/2010), Talks go a waste, garbage keeps Valley stinking (ht 29/08/2010), Garbage politics (rep 30/08/2010), Capital city continues to stink as Sisdole locals block waste disposal (nn 30/08/2010), Garbage row ends: Collection to start today (kp 31/08/2010)

Aletar locals obstruct garbage disposal (kp 22/08/2010)

Strike halts waste removal in Birgunj (ht 22/08/2010)

Garbage worries valley dwellers (ht 21/08/2010)

Down in dumps: Kathmandu in 1980’s used to have one of the best solid waste management systems, by Bidur Prasad Upadhyay (kp 13/08/2010)

Govt to repay locals for new landfill site (ht 08/08/2010)

Waste not: Making compost out of waste is far more sustainable than dumping it in someone else's backyard, by Dewan Rai (nt 30/07/2010), Extreme Expedition: Supported by NIBL, the Extreme Everest Expedition collected more than 1800 kilograms of garbage from trails to Mt. Everest (sp 30/07/2010)

Garbage trucks donated by China stranded in Kolkata port (nn 20/07/2010)

Paper or plastic? A ban on plastic bags needs consumer support to be effective (kp 18/07/2010)

Extreme cleaners: Everest gets an extreme clean-up above 8000 metres (nt 16/07/2010), Trash hashed from Everest Death Zone (kp 19/07/2010)

Sino aid to broom Valley, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 03/07/2010)

Valley may become a trash bin again (kp 30/06/2010)

Waste disposal row in bin (nn 16/06/2010), Garbage disposal to resume today (ht 16/06/2010), Garbage to be removed by tomorrow (ht 17/06/2010)

Hold it right here: Don’t throw out household waste, turn it into compost and help ease the city’s troubles, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 15/06/2010)

Garbage talks go a waste, dumping at Tikasthali (ht 15/06/2010)

Waste disposal site turning into a park (kp 13/06/2010)

Garbage disposal obstructed (nn 11/06/2010), Garbage collection halted again (kp 13/06/2010), Garbo brigade will rule, for now (kp 14/06/2010), Dumping stops, garbage piles up in Kathmandu (ht 14/06/2010)

Quest for hassle-free dumping site on: Three potential areas have been identified so far (ht 04/06/2010)

Health Care Waste Management, by Bimal Baral (rn 26/05/2010)

Lake City awaits relief from stink, by Rishi Baral (ht 14/05/2010)

Garbage panel proposes term extension to cabinet (ht 28/04/2010), Garbage panel gets another three months (ht 09/05/2010)

Hope From Dirt Heaps: As the population of the capital valley grows, solid waste management has proved a daunting task, by Aditi Pandey (sp 16/04/2010)

What a waste: The role of private players in managing waste is unclear (kp 15/04/2010)

Govt dream project turns to dust: Banchare Danda landfill site (kp 07/04/2010)

Garbage collection, disposal obstructed (kp 31/03/2010), Garbage row talks in limbo (ht 01/04/2010), Garbage collection to resume (kp 01/04/2010), Capital city starts stinking again (nn), Garbage still on the streets (kp 02/04/2010), Locals foil bid to dispose garbage (ht 03/04/2010), Garbage row ends for now (kp 04/04/2010), Garbage disposal to resume toda: Government agrees to address locals’demands (ht 04/04/2010), Garbage collection: Kathmanduites feel comfortable (rn 06/04/2010)

Landfill site selected (rn 12/03/2010)

Valley garbage may affect tourism year (kp 09/03/2010)

Kapilvastu folks fall ill from garbage, by Krishna Prasad Dhakal (ht 04/03/2010)

After Aletar, govt eying Shyame Kholsi (ht 04/03/2010)

Lekhnath compelled to live on pile of garbage (rn 25/02/2010)

Garbage management Bill gathering dust (ht 11/02/2010), Cabinet okays garbage bill (ht 18/02/2010)

Re-use, do not litter, by Gopal Sijapati Magar (ht 08/02/2010)

Garbage piles up, striking staff play soccer, by Somnath Bastola (ht 01/02/2010)

Meet to resume garbage collection postponed (kp 31/01/2010)

Garbage threatens 2011 Tourism Year, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 29/01/2010)

18 locals, int'Hl firms vie for Kathmandu Valley garbage plant (ht 30/01/2010)

Kathmandu’s Pollution Profile!, by Ananda P Shrestha (rn 29/01/2010)

Cities turning into dumping sites (kp 27/01/2010), Stinking towns to see more garbage (kp 28/01/2010), Govt forms panel to solve garbage row (rn 28/01/2010), Waste collection resumes amidst threat from agitators (ht 28/01/2010), Garbage collection resumes in presence of security (nn 28/01/2010), Stop the stench (ht 29/01/2010), Cops start removing waste (kp 30/01/2010), Nepal Police, APF collect garbage, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 30/01/2010))

Garbage on Mt peaks, a hitch for NTY 2011 (kp 24/01/2010)

Garbage resurfaces in Ktm as local body go on strike again (nn 22/01/2010), Garbage disposal affected again (rn 23/01/2010), No soluti on in sight: More garbage piling up on the streets of Kathmandu (kp 24/01/2010), Valley chokes with garbage on streets (kp 25/01/2010), Waste disposal to resume today, says Minister Singh (rn 25/01/2010), Garbage makes Kathmandu life dear as minister warns of mobilizing army to solve the problem (nn 25/01/2010), Waste piling, cops may get into action (ht 26/01/2010), Garbage heaps await metropolis officials' heed (rn 27/01/2010), Govt to mobilise army, police to collect garbage (ht 27/01/2010)

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