Partners
Partners and records
Local governments, national agencies, international organisations and community groups we have worked with — each entry comes from a written record.
Local governments
NEPCEMAC has worked under agreements with five municipalities, starting with its home city of Lalitpur.
Lalitpur Metropolitan City
Since April 1997
Door-to-door collection, composting, street cleaning, training and awareness in wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 19 and 20 (then Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City).
- The city provided waste containers in NEPCEMAC’s working areas; a 2005 JICA action plan for the city records NEPCEMAC serving wards 2 (Jawalakhel to Pulchowk), 3, 4, 5 and 13.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City
Since November 2001
Door-to-door collection, composting, street and river cleaning, training and awareness in wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 15 and 16 and neighbouring areas; later clean-up programmes with wards 4 and 16.
- Waste was carried in NEPCEMAC’s own tipper trucks to the Sisdol landfill.
Biratnagar Metropolitan City
Since May 2004
Door-to-door collection and public awareness in wards 2, 3, 10 and 11, with a branch office in Biratnagar.
Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City
Since July 2004
Environmental awareness programmes, with a branch office in Itahari.
Triyuga Municipality, Udayapur
Since May 2006
Waste management activities started with a branch office in Triyuga-3.
Government of Nepal
NEPCEMAC is registered, affiliated and recognised by national government bodies.
Social Welfare Council
Since 1999
Affiliated since 1 October 1999 (no. 9485). The Council was the third party to NEPCEMAC’s 2008 project agreement with Amici dei Bambini.
Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology
2005
Named NEPCEMAC the best NGO on World Environment Day 2005 for its work in environmental management and pollution control.
District Administration Office, Lalitpur
Since 1997
Registration no. 759, dated 28 April 1997 (2054/01/16 BS). Its chief district officer was among the guests of the 2019 Lalitpur ring-road clean-up.
Central Regional Health Directorate, Hetauda
NEPCEMAC is also registered with the directorate for its health services.
International organisations and embassies
INGOs and embassies have supported NEPCEMAC projects in water, sanitation, recycling and organisational development.
Amici dei Bambini (AiBi), Italy
January 2008 – May 2010
Project
“Water is Life: Promoting the Health of Children through Water, Sanitation and Health Activities” — a tripartite project of AiBi, NEPCEMAC and the Social Welfare Council, approved on 8 January 2008.
aibi.itWhat we did
- Safe drinking water: repaired wells and taps, new tube wells, purification units and overhead tanks, plus purified water in the dry season.
- Clean toilets built and maintained; composting plants to manage each institution’s own waste.
- Hygiene training for children, caretakers and teachers; regular health check-ups and de-worming.
- Beneficiaries: Adarsha Saral Secondary School (Nagbahal, Lalitpur), Buddhist Child Home (Jorpati), a day-care centre (Jadibuti), Adarsha Saula Yuwak Higher Secondary School (Saibu, Lalitpur) and the NEPCEMAC Community Health Centre (Kusunti).
Embassy of Japan in Nepal
Supported NEPCEMAC’s paper recycling unit in Gokarna, Kathmandu, which turns waste paper into envelopes, tea mats and file holders.
German Embassy Kathmandu and GIZ
13 November 2019
Dr. Claudia Hiepe, Head of German Development Cooperation at the German Embassy, and Pasma Dahal of GIZ Nepal visited NEPCEMAC to discuss strengthening the organisation.
National institutions and networks
Research bodies, conservation trusts and waste-sector networks NEPCEMAC has worked alongside.
National Trust for Nature Conservation — Central Zoo
Since 2004
A 1-tonne-a-day composting plant at the Central Zoo in Jawalakhel turns the zoo’s organic waste into compost; NEPCEMAC also studied waste generation at the zoo in 2004.
Nepal Health Research Council
The government’s health research body, listed by NEPCEMAC among its partners.
Solid Waste Management Association of Nepal (SWMAN)
The national association of organisations working in solid waste management, listed by NEPCEMAC among its partners.
Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD)
A Nepali NGO working on sustainable cities, listed by NEPCEMAC among its partners.
Private sector
Companies in recycling and vehicles that support the waste chain, besides the sister organisations in our circle.
Everest Eco Polymers Pvt. Ltd.
Plastic recycling, Lalitpur.
Nepal Valley Engineering and Auto Works Pvt. Ltd.
Vehicle engineering and repair, Balaju, Kathmandu.
Community partners
Groups and institutions named in our campaign records.
- Bagdol Bikas Samaj Sewa
- Brahmayani Tole Bikas Sanstha
- Dobhan Mahila Samuha
- Ranibari Society, Kathmandu
- Nepal Red Cross Society, Jawalakhel sub-branch
- Nagarjun Samuha
- Hanumante River Cleaning Campaign
- Metro FM 94.6
- Alka Institute of Medical Sciences
- Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police (campaign partners)
On record
What independent reports say about us
Studies by government agencies, development partners and researchers that document NEPCEMAC’s work. Links open the original documents.
- 2005
The Study on the Solid Waste Management for the Kathmandu Valley — Final Report
Ministry of Local Development, Government of Nepal, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Lists NEPCEMAC among the organisations working in solid waste management in the Kathmandu Valley.
Open the document (PDF) (opens in a new tab) - 2005
Action Plan on Solid Waste Management of Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City
Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City, Ministry of Local Development and JICA
Records NEPCEMAC’s collection area — wards 2 (Jawalakhel to Pulchowk), 3, 4, 5 and 13 — and its use of the municipal container at Bagmati Bridge.
Open the document (PDF) (opens in a new tab) - 2008
Best Practices on Solid Waste Management of Nepalese Cities
Practical Action Nepal, with the European Union’s Asia Pro Eco II programme · pages 29–32
A full case study, “NEPCEMAC involvement in door-to-door waste collection”, calls the financially self-sustaining model a replicable best practice and NEPCEMAC one of the best examples of an NGO in urban waste management.
Open the document (PDF) (opens in a new tab) - 2019
Review on Participatory Approach of Solid Waste Management with Special Focus on Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Nepal
Global Scientific Journal, vol. 7, issue 8
Names NEPCEMAC among the largest private-sector organisations in Lalitpur’s waste management, running ward-level education programmes and household segregation pilots.
Open the document (PDF) (opens in a new tab) - 2023
A Review of Electronic and Solar PV Waste Management in Nepal (working paper)
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre, Government of Nepal
Interviews NEPCEMAC as a waste organisation with ward contracts in Lalitpur that asks households to sort waste at source.
Open the document (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Lalitpur in 2008, in figures
- 13,000households served door to door
- 72%of household waste was organic
- 0.37 kgwaste per person per day
- 174full-time staff, plus daily-wage workers
Figures reported in Practical Action Nepal’s 2008 case study.
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