CHITWAN: The Madhi Municipality in Chitwan is set to implement a new method of waste management. The local government will classify waste generated from households and purchase it based on weight under the “Collect and Pay” model.

According to Municipality Chief Administrative Officer Jagat Prasad Bhusal, waste collection vehicles will have seven different containers, enabling households to segregate waste at the source before disposal.

The waste will be classified into paper-related waste, plastic bags (plain), plastic bottles, reusable glass bottles, metal-related waste, coloured metallic plastic, and others. Households will be paid once a month based on the volume of collected waste and its condition.

The prices of waste will be determined according to market rates. As not all waste is saleable, households will be paid only for saleable waste. Drug-related and poisonous waste will be managed separately.

Currently, Madhi Municipality collects around eight tonnes of waste daily from approximately 10,000 households through door-to-door collection.