The growing e-waste problem

If your current PC is too slow or running out of storage space, it’s probably more cost-effective to replace it than to upgrade it. But have you ever stopped to consider what happens to your old computer once you abandon it for a newer model? The workplace mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle” often ends with office paper and aluminum soda cans, falling short when it comes to electronic waste. As a result, myriad computers considered obsolete by today’s high-tech standards sit unused in back rooms, or worse, end up in landfills

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Organic fertiliser produced from forest leaf litter

GORKHA: Four community forest user groups in Gorkha have begun producing organic fertiliser from leaf litter and other forest biomass that would otherwise go to waste. The initiative has been launched by the Ram Laxman Community Forest User Group and the Bagpani Community Forest User Group in Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-1, the Ludi Damgade Community []