KATHMANDU, April 3: An organization, Biocomp Nepal, has collected 143.55 metric tonnes of waste from the rivers of the Kathmandu valley under the River+ project. The organization collected such amounts of garbage after cleaning 16 rivers and rivulets in the Valley partnering with local organisations 'People in Need' and 'Clean Up Nepal'.
According to Clean Up Nepal, the initiative was made possible through the active participation of more than 100 volunteers, members of local communities, Nepal Police, students from different educational institutions, according to the organizer.
42 metric tonnes of solid waste extracted from Kathmandu rivers
The project has set a target of collecting low quality plastics and recycling it. It has the target of reducing plastic pollution especially in Bagmati, Bishnumati and Manohara rivers.
At a programme organized in Kathmandu on Thursday, Chief Executive Officer of Biocomp Nepal, Maarten Nijhof, shared that the low quality plastics were collected from houses, industries, rivers, roads and garbage disposal centres.
“We train informal waste workers and collect low-grade plastics from households, industries, rivers, streets, and landfill sites. These collected UBCs and low-grade plastics are transformed into plastic composite boards at a zero-emission plastic recycling facility, recently established at the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Simara. The produced plastic composite boards will be recycled again at the end of its life cycle,” Nijhof said at the program.
The collected low quality plastics are planned to be transported to the zero- emission plastic recycle plant recently established at the Special Economic Zone, Siraha, and recycled into plastic composite boards. Under this campaign, Biocomp Nepal collected 80 metric tonnes of low quality plastic and recycled it.
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