2021-12-15

What Exactly is Extended Producer Responsibility?

You may have often heard of the term EPR. It stands for ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ which is a strategy to make producers accountable for the environmental costs of their product

2021-11-07

Facts About E-waste You Should Know

Electronic waste is one of the world’s fastest growing waste streams in the world. Just think about it, a decade ago, we would be hard pressed to find more than one cell phone or laptop per f

2021-09-02

Erase Your Ewaste

       E-waste management is a major problem in Nepal, especially in its rapidly growing capital Kathmandu. The 2011 Solid Waste Management Act is Nepal’s primary regulati

2021-06-24

Gold In Your Garbage

There is a wealth of valuable resources that end up in landfills everyday by way of electronic waste, or e-waste disposal. Anything that can be plugged in or used on a battery is considered e-waste

2021-04-20

Mercury in the Air

Due to the inconvenience of load shedding we went through until a few years ago, many households and offices purchased invertors and generators for back up electricity. And since regular filament l

2021-02-24

How You Can Protect Yourself and Waste Workers from COVID-19

Even though we may have now become accustomed to sanitizing our hands and social distancing, COVID-19 is still very much a pandemic in 2021. Some of us may be a little more protected than others fr

2020-09-07

The Smart Bucket: Composting Made Easy

Waste is any unwanted or unusable material, substance, or by-product. Waste can be divided into two types: non-degradable waste and biodegradable waste. Nondegradable waste is any waste that cannot

2020-08-10

Bamboo: A Sustainable Alternative

The word ‘bamboo’, comes from the Dutch or Portuguese language and is popularly known as bans in Nepal. Bamboo is an evergreen perennial flowering plant which is available throu

2020-06-11

Upcycling at Home During a Quarantine

Quarantines limit movement to contain and prevent the spread of communicable diseases like COVID-19. The practice of quarantining originated in Europe during the 14 century to protect coast

2020-06-05

Environmental Justice in the New Normal

2020 isn’t even halfway through and we have faced and face a pandemic, caste and race related human rights violations, and natural disasters. While we educate ourselves and learn about race p