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Item Socio-economic and Environmental Impact of Landfill Site: A Case Study of Sisdole Landfill Site, Nuwakot District(Central Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 2011-07) Giri, KopilaThe present study site “Sisdole Landfill Site” is situated in Okharpauwa VDC, one of the sixty-one of the Nuwakot District of Bagmati zone. Among the various villages of the VDC sisdole is located in ward 4. The study tries to show the socio-economic and environmental impact of the Sisdole landfill site in the local community of the sisdole. In order to retrieve a broad picture of the current waste management situation, the landfill site is investigated. JICA report 2005 reveals that 70% waste is organic waste and remaining are the inorganic which can be recycled with some extent. The population growth rate of Kathmandu is more than 6% which is highest among the cities of Nepal. Due to the rapid increase in population and increase in the consumption of packed goods, the amount as well as the quantum of non- biodegradable waste is increasing over time. Among the total waste generated in Nepal, 80% is generated only from Kathmandu and only 30% of the total refuse is being collected in containers and transferred to the land fill site. A study carried out by CEDA (1986) revealed that 78% of the solid waste was biodegradable and 22% non biodegradable in Kathmandu. The Sisdole Landfill site was developed in 2005. Since then about 400-500 metric tons of wastes are disposed. It is situated in 475 Ropani of the land. The management system of this site is very weak. So that it has various harmful effects on the local people. Increasing pollution in Kolpu Khola not only destroy the water species but also effects in the irrigation system. This eventually effects on the agriculture production. Respiratory infections and diarrheal diseases can be spread due to unmanaged waste management system. After the installation of the landfill site, the local people got the road, electricity, and health post near by the site. One health post is made by authority. The site has multiple effects on human beings, animals, plants, water species and various ecosystems. The main problem of the locals is water pollution, soil pollution and health problems due to this on human and animal. According to them the facility given by authority is not enough in comparison to its harms. The recurring conflict between local and authority is also taken as the improper management system of the government. If government made proper leachate system, proper soil capping system and processing of the waste the debate would not arise. The unmanaged waste system at the landfill site, no utilization of the waste, increasing amount of the waste, v increasing pollution and health problems at landfill site and ever rising conflict between government authority and the local people are the current problems related with this sector. Although there are many problems related with the site, government authority had launched many policies such as Solid Waste management and Resource Mobilization Act-1987, National Solid Waste Management Policy-1996, Local Self Governance Act-1996. These acts and policies can be taken as the positive action towards the solid waste management.Item Solid Waste Management in Ratnanagar Municipality -1 Chitwan District(Rural Development ,Saptagandaki Multiple Campus, Bharatpur, Chitwan, 2017-04) Gupta, Satish KumarThe thesis entitled "Solid Waste Management in Ratnanagar Municipality -1 Chitwan District" highlights the situation of solid waste management practices in study area. General objective of this study is to analyze the situation of solid waste management in Ratnanagar municipality ward no 1. Specific objectives are to examine the current solid waste management system in the study area. Both analytical and descriptive research design were used to complete of this study. Quantitative data were analyzed by using analytical research design and qualitative data were analyzed by using qualitative research design and find out the situation of solid waste management situation of the study area. Ratnanagar municipality ward no 1 is Tandi Bazzar area is the sample site of this study. Total population of the wards is 4999 (CBS Report, 2011). In main highway lines there are 201 households among them 25% households (50) were taken as sample household. From each household single individual was taken for interview by busing random sampling method. The present study was based both primary and secondary data. Secondary data were used in literature review and that were collected through library study method and books, article, journal, previous thesis are used as the main sources of secondary data. Primary data were collected from the field by using various data collection techniques such as questionnaires and observation. Solid wastes are a growing environmental problem in the study area. Increase in population along with the rapid urbanization has led to the increase in waste generation rate in the study area. Furthermore, change in living standard of the people and change in food habit have increased the rate of inorganic waste. All these have added to the problems in solid waste management which is a global issue. The major sources of solid waste in Ratnanagar municipality are municipal, domestic, commercial and agricultural, which consists of both organic and inorganic. The total waste generated in Study area has been increasing day by day. The citizen should be encouraged by the authority for the segregation of wastes at household level. They shall promote recycling or reuse of segregated materials. Waste minimization efforts should be motivated at the primary and secondary levels of waste collection. The citizen should be encouraged by the authority for the segregation of VII waste at household level and for composting of waste for stabilization of wastes. The concerned authorities should adopt suitable technology, a combination of such technologies to make use of wastes so as to minimum burden on landfill. Landfill should be restricted to non-biodegradable and other wastes that are not suitable either for recycling or for biological processing. The concerned authority has to appoint more employees in order to extend their service area. Community participation should be increased and local NGOs should be mobilized in solid waste management. Gap between staffs within the municipality should be omitted so that ongoing event inside the municipality could be easily known and should take responsibility on the people’s work inside municipality i.e. institutional strengthen should be establish.