Submitted by: Development Inn Pvt Ltd GPO-8975, EPC-2955 Kathmandu, Nepal Study Team: Chiranjibi Rijal, Dr. Kishor Atreya, Anukram Adhikary and Nowal Kishore Bhattara A Study on the collection of Waste PET Bottles in the Kathmandu Valley http://www.himalayanclimate.org/images/projectMultipleSubPage/GaHteA%20Study%20%20on%20Waste%20PET%20Botlles%20-%20internal%20doc1.pdf The Kathmandu Valley with five municipalities (Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Kirtipur, Bhaktapur and Madhyapur Thimi ) produces the highest amount of solid waste in Nepal amounting to approximately 620 tons per day. This comprises of 19% of plastic waste consisting of polyethylene bags, plastic wrappers, mineral water, and soft drink bottles, also known as PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles (ADB, 2013). One of the crucial components of plastic waste is the PET bottles. Consumers dispose the PET bottles after use but these bottles potentially have a high value as a resource, i.e. they can be recycled into ra...
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