Plastic briquettes in Nepal: Addressing pollution and sustainable energy need with one technique

Plastic is harmful; burning plastic is harmful; plastic is this; plastic is that.

The negative impacts of plastics and their use have been advertised and talked about a lot in Nepal in recent years. But, a group of people is now trying to change the misunderstood notion, by burning them, in the form of plastic briquettes. Crazy one might say, but these environment enthusiasts claim burning plastics is exactly the solution the Kathmandu city, which is suffering from huge solid waste management and disposal problems, needs.