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. 2020 Aug 20;15(8):e0231933.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231933. eCollection 2020.

Sustainable financing for municipal solid waste management in Nepal

Bishal Bharadwaj  1   2 , Rajesh Kumar Rai  3 , Mani Nepal  4
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Sustainable financing for municipal solid waste management in Nepal

Bishal Bharadwaj et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Financing municipal solid waste (MSW) services is one of the key challenges faced by cities in developing countries. This study used plastic waste, a constituent of MSW, to explore the possibility of generating revenue for financing MSW management in the municipalities of Nepal. The results of this study suggest that plastic material recovery could generate revenue, which is equivalent to 1.38 times of the plastic-waste-related management cost when collection efficiency reaches 66.7%. An increase in 1% of recovery rate and collection efficiency could cover an additional 4.64% and 2.06% of the costs of managing plastic waste, respectively. In addition, an increase in tax on imported plastic materials could also motivate recovery of plastic waste for recycle and reuse. An additional 1% tax on plastic imports would be sufficient to cover plastic-related waste management when plastic waste recovery and collection efficiency rates are low. This plastic recovery- revenue exercise could be expanded to other materials such as paper and metal to fully understand the possibility of sustainable financing of MSW management and reducing environmental harm in developing countries like Nepal.

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The authors declare no competing interest of any type - personal, professional or commercial. Our affiliation to organizations that we are employed does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.”

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