Foreign aid in waste management: A case of Kathmandu, Nepal

Dangi, Mohan B.; Schoenberger, Erica; Boland, John J.

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.06.010

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“…Dangi et al (2008Dangi et al ( , 2009 describe the methods and findings of the pilot study, as carried out from 14-31 December 2005. While quantitative results from the field study are included in Dangi et al (2011), the qualitative analysis utilised in this manuscript is more similar to that employed by Dangi et al (2015). The key elements of the field study are described below.…”

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Assessment of environmental policy implementation in solid waste management in Kathmandu, Nepal

2017

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In Nepal, full-fledged environmental legislation was rare before the democratic constitution of 1990. The first law covering the environment and sustainability was the Environment Protection Act 1997. While the Solid Waste Act was introduced in 1987, the problem of solid waste management still surfaces in Kathmandu. In order to understand the bedrock of this unrelenting failure in solid waste management, the manuscript digs deeper into policy implementation by dissecting solid waste rules, environmental legislations, relevant local laws, and solid waste management practices in Kathmandu, Nepal. A very rich field study that included surveys, interviews, site visits, and literature review provided the basis for the article. The study shows that volumes of new Nepalese rules are crafted without effective enforcement of their predecessors and there is a frequent power struggle between local government bodies and central authority in implementing the codes and allocating resources in solid waste management. The study concludes that Kathmandu does not require any new instrument to address solid waste problems; instead, it needs creation of local resources, execution of local codes, and commitment from central government to allow free exercise of these policies.

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Assessment of environmental policy implementation in solid waste management in Kathmandu, Nepal

2017

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“…Despite the operation of Sisdole landfill, the accumulation of solid waste in Kathmandu is ongoing (Azoulay, 2018;Pathak & Mainali, 2019). (Dangi, Schoenberger, & Boland, 2015).…”

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Waste to energy in Kathmandu Nepal—A way toward achieving sustainable development goals

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) explicitly focus on responsible use of resources, production, and consumption, which comprises sensible waste management includes SDG 3, 7, 11, and 12. Yet, gaps between policies and current waste management practices are prevailing globally as well as nationally. This article discusses waste management (WM) in Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) with a focus on cleaner technology. Waste management has always been an issue in KMC with almost all wastes being dumped directly to a landfill site. The article aims to points out challenge with current waste management based on literature-and document reviews. Further, it introduces and analyses technologies to convert waste into energy and evaluates the applicability of the Asian Develop Bank recommendations for waste management in KMC and suggests strategies toward aligning KMC waste management with Nepal's SDG agenda. Findings indicate that Kathmandu has huge potential for implementing waste to energy technologies, and anaerobic digestion seems one of the most promising technologies. Yet, the city lacks a proper waste treatment infrastructure and would benefit from a systematic alignment of technology, policy, and environmental possibilities and challenges in both analysis, planning, and design.

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“…Even though most projects provided a solution for organic waste disposal for a short period, they failed in long-term implementation. Closure of compost project in Kathmandu, Nepal is an example of that (Dangi et al, 2015). Recycling of organic waste into compost helps to gain carbon credits via Clean Development Mechanism projects for some SAARC countries such as Bangladesh (Shams et al, 2017).…”

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