What started with one bench in a village is now a movement across India. Using stuffed plastic bottles as bricks, communities ...

Nepal's urban areas generate about 5,000 tonnes of solid waste per day, according to the World Bank, of which 13 percent is plastic waste dumped in landfills.

KATHMANDU, JUNE 25. Plastic pollution in Nepal is reaching dangerous levels, choking rivers, clogging drains, and piling up in landfills as authorities struggle to enforce existing regulations.

According to World Health Organisation statistics, outdoor air pollution (including pollution from brick kilns) is estimated to have caused 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide in 2019, with 89% ...

BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AP) — The worn-out workers of Jaya Mayaswori Brick Factory are packing clay and hauling loads with a new sense of purpose — helping to rebuild Nepal after a series of massive ...

A study found plastic waste in the dung of one-horned rhinos in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, which could harm their health and survival. The plastic waste comes from the rivers that flood the ...

Plastic bricks can be used to build other things schools need.UNICEF has a prototype desk made from plastic bricks, a longer-term solution to the wooden desks students currently use.