Global InformationSisdol landfill information
Sisdol landfill is a location to dump solid waste from Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kakani, and Banepa. It is the biggest dumping site of Nepal. 100 tons of solid waste is dumped at the site daily. The landfill is located at Kakani Rural Municipality (previously Okharpauwa Village Development Committee) of Nuwakot district.[1]
The landfill site has an area of 15 hectares. Two hectares of land is used for the actual filling while 12 ha are used as a buffer and the remaining 1 hectare is used for other facilities. The landfill site has two valleys, with a capacity of 166,085 and 108,910 cubic meters respectively.[citation needed]
The waste from various cities is first collected in Teku transfer station. From the station, the waste is dispatched to Sisdol. [2] Around 60 % of wastes in the Sisdol are organic but the waste remains mostly unsegregated. The recyclable waste is brought back and sold to recycling industries. [3] The dump is filled in a semi-aerobic condition.[4]
- ^ "Human waste coexistence in Sisdol landfill site and its impacts". OnlineKhabar English News. 15 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ Urban Development Ministry321(Unofficial translation)Solid Waste Management of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Environment Audit Report, 2015. Urban Development Ministry.
- ^ Rasaili, Shahin Sunuwar. "Sisdol: Landfill site holding one-third population's waste". My Republica. Archived from the original on 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Environmental Monitoring at Sisdol Landfill Site" (PDF).
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