Some Nepalis are adopting the ‘zero waste’ idea. Environmentalists are happy and hopeful

It has been seven years since the family of Shashi Tulachan, a 65-year-old woman residing in Pokhara, has last produced more than one bucket of waste in one year.

Tulachan used to run a radio show called ‘Hamro Pokhara Ramro Pokhara’ (Our clean Pokhara) on a community radio then. “On that show, we would talk about the environment and various issues surrounding it,” enthusiastic Tulachan shares, “Around 2012, I happened to learn about zero waste. Therefore, I researched a lot about it on the internet before practising it on my own.”