Tanahun. Byas Municipality has earned Rs. 1.4 million in income from selling non-biodegradable waste in a period of eight months. This municipality, which started systematic work by collecting waste since last Bhadra, has earned this amount of income in the period up to Chaitra.
The municipality has stated that in the first phase, it has started selling non-biodegradable waste in a detailed classification with the idea of converting it into stamps. The municipality has started selling plastic, cloth, iron and glass-based items by inviting bids, informed Krishna Ghimire, head of the municipality’s Forest, Environment and Sanitation Branch.
‘The truck is sent for sale after it is loaded,’ he said. ‘A ‘baling’ machine has been installed in the municipality premises and non-degradable plastic, iron and paper-based items are compressed from large sizes into small sizes and stored.’
While non-degradable waste has been dug up and disposed of for a long time, it has now been managed and sold within the municipality office premises. According to him, the rates for aluminum including Red Bull are Rs 60 per kg, iron Rs 35 per kg, tin Rs 25, water bottles and other bottles Rs 23, clothes Rs 5.50 paisa, paper Rs 16 and books Rs 14 per kg.
The municipality had earlier been managing non-degradable waste at Bhateri on the banks of the Madi River in Ward No. 3. Since the contract period for that area has expired, the waste is being managed from the office premises until further arrangements are made, informed the Chief Administrative Officer of the municipality, Kashiram Gaire.
According to him, trusses have been constructed in the old assembly hall and the outer area of the municipality for waste management and waste has been classified. He said that the municipality has given a positive message to those who oppose the smell of garbage and obstruct the land purchase process.
‘Currently, 15 tons of non-decomposable and around seven tons of decomposable garbage are being collected in the municipal area daily,’ he said. ‘Recently, as people have started understanding the importance of junk materials, other people have also started collecting and selling them.’
The decomposable garbage is being managed at the Cow Conservation Center Bhateri located in Byas-10. The land purchase process has been halted for the time being due to opposition from locals in Ward No. 13 for the sustainable management of non-biodegradable waste.
Mayor Baikuntha Neupane said that the municipality has been spending lakhs on sanitation, but now it has started earning good income from waste.
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