Your front page picture ('Waste management', #308) is proof of the Nepal government's lack of interest in public issues. It is shameful that a site of the pro-democratic struggle has turned into a garbage disposal centre. There is organic and inorganic rubbish. They should be separated at home, so the organic waste is composted and used in the garden instead of ending up on the city streets. Recycling the inorganic also creates new jobs. Garbage scavengers should be organised to pick up trash house-to-house instead of picking it from public dumping sites. Fine those who throw household rubbish in the street. The easy way to a cleaner city is with good management and an aware citizenry.

The Green Team,
Bhaktapur