Mugling Recycling Scheme

Cleaning up the rubbish beside the famous Mugling Bridge

Mugling is Maila's hometown (in fact, many of our staff come from there). It is the main crossroads from Kathmandu, Chitwan, Pokhara and India. We have been complaining for a long time about the state of the side of the roads and how the waste all gets chucked into the river, so, we've started a new recycling scheme. 

If you drive past the Mulging bridge, you will more than likely see +Maila Gurung from +GRG's Adventure Kayaking  with a group of young lads sifting through the garbage, so far they have sorted and cleared over 30 sacks full in just 4 days. This is only the start and we hope to get something more sustainable going, but nevertheless it's a good start. We have been separating out recycling waste, compostable waste and the leftovers that will need to be disposed of properly.

We were happy to see that once Maila got down on his hands and knees and started cleaning up, not only did we did 5 willing volunteers but the whole town came over and at one point or another, most people were with him clearing the rubbish. We hope that by seeing Maila start this off, the local town will realise the damage that is done by throwing your rubbish along the river. Once this lot has been cleared, we will be moving further up the River and are organising a proper 'system' to keep this issue under control.

We have also started conversations with the local rubbish collectors and are trying to fund a new way to dispose of the rubbish that cannot be recycled/reused. We also went into Mugling's local government school to educate them on rubbish and the environment in the hope that the next generation will be able to keep this work going. 

It's a few small steps, but in the right direction.  As a thanks to the helpers, we took them all rafting over the weekend!