Composting and recycling for household and industrial waste manegement in Chitwan, Nepal (CAR-Nepal)

Project period:

01.10.2020 - 28.02.2022

Granted amount:

494,447,- DKK

Organization:

ICOEPH (Internationalt Center for Arbejdsmiljø, Miljø og Folkesundhed) - DASAM (Dansk Selskab for Miljø- og Arbejdsmedicin)

Partners:

Nepal Development Society Nepal Public Health Foundation,NPHF

Pool:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Grant type:

Medborgerindsats

World goals:

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Efforts take place in:

Nepal

Overall targets

The overall objective is a civil society in Chitwan taking active responsibility to improve their health and environment by a proper waste management at household and small scale industrial level.

Immediate targets

The immediate objectives are: • Target households and schools in the metropolitan city of Bharatpur are organized and sensitized on the health dangers created by pollution from household and industrial waste in their town. • • The target households and schools are practicing reuse and safer disposal of household waste • Awareness of the health implications due to pollution from household and small scale industrial waste exists among politicians and civil society.

Target groups

1. households in the city of Bharatpur. 2. small scale industries (SSI) in the Baratpur area

Resume

This intervention will try to make the people in Chitwan take active responsibility to improve their health and environment by a proper waste management in households and small scale industries. The actual situation is a dumping of waste in open land leading to pollution of drinking water and the ground leading to increased risk of various human diseases. The project is targeting households and students in Bharatpur city to make them learn and advocate for re-cycling of household waste in kitchen gardening and small handy-crafts made from organic and solid waste. Advocacy will increase awareness of the general populations and the politicians leading to relevant actions to deal with this increasing waste problem. This first phase is a pilot including a mapping of waste from small scale industries a problem that will be dealt with in a second phase along an expansion of the efforts to spread the practice of recycling of household waste.