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Program

Cleaning & Environment

Clean wards, living rivers, zero-waste habits.

What we do

Ward by ward, river by river

Waste is a system problem with a local fix — and the ward is the right unit of action.

  • Ward waste-segregation drives. Door-to-door systems designed and run with the ward office.
  • River & trail cleanups. Youth clubs adopting stretches of river and trail — for good, not for a day.
  • Composting & plastic reduction. Training that turns the 54% organic share of waste into value.

At a glance

SDG 11 SDG 12
  • Aligned with: National Cleanliness Week · Everest Cleaning Action Plan 2025–29
  • Chapter: Impact Nepal
  • Related project: Safa Ward Abhiyan
~50%
of municipal waste actually gets collected

Source: ADB · CBS 2020

The problem we're solving

Half the waste is never collected

Only about half of Nepal's municipal waste is collected. 54% of it is compostable organic material — yet 32% of municipalities burn their waste and 27% dump it on riversides. The fix starts at the ward, not the landfill.

Our approach

Four steps, then it runs itself

Every project follows the same arc — local from day one, handed over by design.

Baseline the ward
Measure waste flows, dumping points and collection gaps.
Mobilize youth clubs
Cleanup crews become standing environment committees.
Segregate & compost
Household segregation, community composting, plastic buy-back.
Hand to the ward office
The system enters the ward plan and budget — and keeps running.

On the ground

Related project

Active Cleaning & Environment

Safa Ward Abhiyan

Ward 9, Itahari, Sunsari (Koshi)

Door-to-door two-bin waste segregation across one ward. Households segregating jumped 4% → 71%.

Full project profile

Project profiles are illustrative examples developed for program design and partnership discussions.

Alignment

Counted toward the goals that matter

Local action, mapped to Nepal's national plans and the world's 2030 agenda.

SDG 11 — Sustainable Cities & Communities

Inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities.

SDG 12 — Responsible Consumption & Production

Sustainable consumption and production patterns.

National plan: Nepal's SDG Status & Roadmap (NPC)

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