A team led by Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol has started monitoring waste management practices of health facilities. The move aims to prevent the practices of mixing up hazardous medical waste with household waste.
KATHMANDU, Feb 3: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has decided to manage only those waste that is segregated as biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste from the households itself.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City has fined at least two private firms within one week for mixing hospital waste with household waste and dumping it in the Bancharedanda landfill.