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Nature reflects our nature
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
(Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action)
Director: Roland Emmerich
A thrilling tale of a future world that somehow plunges into a new Ice Age. Food
for thought: How relevant is the possibility in the light of global warming?
Themes: Ice age, survival, global environmental change
Further watching: Before the Flood (2016): after his appointment as the UN
Climate Ambassador, Leonardo DiCaprio travels around the globe to observe
the causes and consequences of climate change, and human-inflicted environ-
mental destruction as he recounts his personal experience.
References:
tasteofcinema.com
imdb.com
Bibek Shrestha
B.Sc. Environmental Science, (2014-18)
[email protected]
Municipality Solid waste management
Let’s look around our surroundings. What did you
see? Is it clean/green or neither? If you see neither
then what’s our role being a social animal. Let’s think
on this.
After an industrial revolution, we know the world has
changed drastically. It’s a boon for mankind but at the
same time it has been blooming as a curse to man-
kind. One of the major pathetic outbreaks is Munici-
pal Solid Waste i.e. waste generated by each and ev-
ery individual of this planet earth. Though waste can
be maneuvered into useful source of energy, some
manage to do it and some not.
Banepa Municipality is a small historical town which
lies 25 km away from Kathmandu valley connect-
ing capital city to Tibet in the east via Araniko High-
way and to India via B.P. Koirala Highway. It is a
fast-growing business hub currently and also a place
for business earlier comprising of 8 different temples
and ponds. A place with its own unique culture, festi-
vals and tradition. Despite that Banepa is turning out
to be a pathetic spot especially in solid waste man-
agement.
Municipal Solid Waste Management is one of the
most emerging issue in Banepa. It is also one of the
top high budgeted expenditure of the Municipality. On
last fiscal annual financial report published by Bane-
pa Municipality, the amount of expenditure for Mu-
nicipal Solid Waste and Sewerage is equivalent to
NRs.5,000,000. Though, the amount seems reason-
able but the problem is not solved yet and becoming
severe day by day. It is roughly estimated that Bane-
pa Municipality generates about 30 tons of waste ev-
ery day. Most of this waste ended up in dumping site
based on Shree Khandapur. Currently, it has been
closed due to public outrage and is transported to
Sisdole land fill site. Although, municipal solid waste
was collected once a week or month but within these
time frame, waste generated are not managed cor-
rectly. Households waste are not segregated and
is dumped into one bag or polyethene. In addition,
waste is dumped in an open place far from their own
households. Due to this littering of waste, residents
are prone to air and water borne diseases (influx of
different types of bacteria). At the same time, it has
also degraded cleanliness and hygiene of city and
problems of sewerage blockage, clean river water,
loss of aquatic and terrestrial lives and others. This
cycle of waste mismanagement has created a lot of
nuisances especially to biotic (plants, animals, hu-
mans) and abiotic (air, water and soil) components.
Outbreak of disease is being seen currently.
We came across problems generated by Munici-
pal Solid Waste in the community. Now, let’s focus
on how we can get rid of these problems i.e. THE
SOLUTION. We can take traditional and technology
approaches. Traditionally, what we need to do is to
segregate municipal solid waste into compartments
especially biodegradable, wet, and non – biodegrad-
able, dry waste using two different collection bins.
Biodegradable or natural waste collected can be con-
verted into compost manure by treating biodegradable
waste under aerobic conditions whereas manmade
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