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

MB Dangi, E Schoenberger… - Waste management & …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Municipal solid waste generation in Kathmandu, Nepal

MB Dangi, CR Pretz, MA Urynowicz, KG Gerow… - Journal of environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Waste stream characteristics must be understood to tackle waste management problems in
Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), Nepal. Three-stage stratified cluster sampling was …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of municipal solid waste management in Kathmandu city, Nepal–An impact of an incomplete data set

MB Dangi, OB Malla, RRH Cohen, NR Khatiwada… - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
Few studies have been done about engineered facilities related to waste collection,
treatment, and disposal in the waste management sectors across Nepal. The decision …

The health risks of informal waste workers in the Kathmandu Valley: a cross-sectional survey

M Black, J Karki, ACK Lee, P Makai, YR Baral… - Public health, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To describe the health and occupational risks of informal waste workers (IWWs) in
the Kathmandu Valley and explore the factors associated with not using personal protective …

The impact of COVID-19 outbreak and perceptions of people towards household waste management chain in Nepal

A Acharya, G Bastola, B Modi, A Marhatta… - Geoenvironmental …, 2021 - Springer
The spread of COVID-19 is posing significant challenges to the household (HH) waste
management sectors putting waste personnel and concerned bodies under massive …

Quantification and characterization of the municipal solid waste for sustainable waste management in newly formed municipalities of Nepal

DR Pathak, B Mainali, H Abuel-Naga… - Waste Management …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study was conducted to set up a new reference line for municipal solid waste
quantification and characterization in the least urbanized cities of a developing nation. A …

Use of personal protective equipment among waste workers of Sisdol landfill site of Nepal

A Khanal, A Sondhi, S Giri - … Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2021 - nepjol.info
Introduction: Solid waste management is a major issue in Nepal with Kathmandu valley
generating the highest amount of solid waste. After recovery, the solid waste generated in …

[HTML][HTML] Risks and risk mitigation in waste-work: A qualitative study of informal waste workers in Nepal

S Sapkota, A Lee, J Karki, P Makai, S Adhikari… - Public Health in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To explore how informal waste workers (IWWs) working in Kathmandu Valley
perceive risks associated with waste work and what they do to mitigate them. Study design …

Households' perceptions of private sector municipal solid waste management services: a binary choice analysis

EE Ezebilo, ED Animasaun - International Journal of Environmental …, 2011 - Springer
The increase in the volume of waste materials discharged to the environment and
deterioration of environmental quality in urban areas have been an issue of major concern …

An Assessment of the Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on the Degradation of Ecosystem Service Values in Kathmandu Valley Using Remote Sensing and …

S Shrestha, KN Poudyal, N Bhattarai, MB Dangi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Land use and land cover (LULC) robustly influence the delivery of the ecosystem services
that humans rely on. This study used Kathmandu Valley as a study area which is a fast …