High above the clouds, where prayer flags snap in thin air, and climbers chase lifelong dreams, another, quieter legacy has ...

Waste workers—particularly those employed via subcontractors—have historically lacked contracts, insurance, and protective ...

Heaps of discarded CRT monitors and keyboards are stacked one above the other. Tube lights, lamps and PVC panels are piled up at another corner. Old printers, television sets, cassette players, ...

Bhopal: Imtiyaz Ali, an environmentalist from Bhopal, recently engaged in discussions with the Nepal govt about creating self-employment opportunities through plastic waste management to address ...

"I grew up around waste," says Maya Tamang, a community mobiliser at Biocomp Nepal, a social enterprise working on waste management in Nepal. She has had an inspiring journey shaped by her experiences ...

KATHMANDU- As Nepal’s high mountains, including Mount Everest, have been struggling with decades of waste accumulation, the ...

Rupandehi [Nepal], July 26 (ANI): Waste management has been an enduring challenge for the Nepalese government. Now, two local bodies in the Himalayan country has come forward with a mechanism to ...

Management of solid waste is a problem in many parts of Nepal, including the capital city, Kathmandu. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Naresh Newar Turning trash into power could help clean up the country ...

Informal workers often lack formal written employment contracts, social security and protection against workplace hazards. They face job insecurity ...

Over the years, the authorities have removed a mountain pile of trash and the bodies of climbers on the world’s highest peak.

The burning of medical waste poses a serious health and environmental danger. Hospitals in Nepal have started turning this hazardous waste into cooking gas. Hospital staff close to the incinerator ...