Chyau Bio: This startup is using school lessons to solve waste and air problems in Kathmandu

Plants take in carbon dioxide and throw out oxygen. It is a lesson many read in their schools but forget. But, a group of engineers have remembered this basic lesson and now are gearing up to make an impact on Kathmandu’s air. This group of engineers are the brains behind Chyau Bio, an enterprise committed to solving Kathmandu’s air and waste problems, with algae.

“When we ask individuals if they want some waste, the answer is always that they don’t. So our solution to it is to let them give us that waste. In exchange, we will give them oxygen,” shares Gunjan Ghimire, a research engineer for Chyau Bio.