THE SMALL EARTH NEPAL

5 June 2013

The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), in collaboration with Nepal Tunza Youth Environment Network (NTYEN) – a youth network of UNEP TUNZA in Nepal, organized a “A pilot project: Clean Up Nepal” on June 5, 2013 to mark World Environment Day. The concept of Clean Up Nepal was generated from “Clean Up the World” campaign which is a community based environmental campaign that inspires and empowers communities from every corner of the globe to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment.

To engage relevant stakeholders for clean-up campaign to promote clean environment, the stakeholder meeting was organized on 31 May 2013. Similarly, to spread awareness about the importance of environmental activities in the city specially focusing on solid waste management, this Clean Up Campaign brought multi-stakeholders together for cleaner environment. The main purpose of this campaign was to identify the possible constraints for the grand event in September 2013.

More than 50 participants from youth organizations, colleges, government officials, municipality, local authorities and local communities joined together to clean some areas of Budhanagar. Approximately, 600 kg of wastes which was collected from the six streets which was further transported by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Through the pilot program, it has been observed that nearly 90% of the household wastes are organic and that it can be managed to convert it into the organic manure. Therefore to minimize the waste generation SEN and NTYEN along with other stakeholders, are organizing a training program on composting, waste management based on 3R principal to housewives in Budhanagar area on 9 June 2013. The events have been supported by WWF Nepal, Department of Environment-Kathmandu Metropolitan City, YUWA, Save Bagmati Campaign, Volunteer Federation Nepal and HAMS Hospital.