Zero Polythene Campaign
Project Status : On going
SEEM Nepal has undertaken a significant milestone project called the Zero Polythene Campaign, aiming to raise awareness among the public regarding the self-management and collection of all plastic waste and municipal solid waste management particularly in public places. Launched in 2017, this campaign has been successfully implemented in numerous municipalities across Nepal.
Polythene and plastic waste pose significant harm to various natural resources such as soil, water, land, and forests. The smoke emitted during their burning also negatively impacts human health, air quality, and the overall environment. The excessive use of polythene and its improper disposal lead to severe consequences, including the deterioration of soil quality, disruption of agricultural areas, and widespread ecological imbalances that ultimately threaten environmental integrity.
Additionally, the presence of polythene waste detracts from the aesthetic beauty of cities and contributes to health issues, while also giving rise to new forms of vulnerable diseases. Recognizing the urgency of the situation, SEEM Nepal has actively worked to combat this problem.
A notable achievement of the campaign is the declaration of Tilottama Municipality in the Rupandehi District as the first Zero Polythene Municipality of Nepal on March 13th, 2020. This remarkable accomplishment serves as a model for other municipalities to emulate, fostering a sense of responsibility and encouraging them to adopt sustainable waste management practices.
Through the Zero Polythene Campaign, SEEM Nepal strives to create a collective consciousness among the public regarding the harmful effects of plastic waste and the importance of responsible waste management. By promoting proper waste disposal practices, recycling initiatives, and the reduction of single-use plastics, the campaign aims to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts associated with polythene waste.
SEEM Nepal’s efforts in implementing the Zero Polythene Campaign not only contribute to preserving the natural resources and environmental integrity of Nepal but also serve as an inspiration for other regions to take proactive measures in tackling plastic waste. The campaign stands as a testament to the organization’s dedication to environmental conservation and creating a healthier and cleaner environment for all.
What is Zero Polythene Campaign?
Through the implementation of a comprehensive public awareness program, we have been initiated the collection and sustainable management of recklessly discarded polythene and garbage. Additionally, we prioritize training and educating the public on municipal waste segregation and the adoption of sustainable waste management practices.
Where is it doing for?
Land forest, agricultural land, water resources, road and highway, urban area, trekking trail of Himalaya region and public places
What we do?
We create awareness about how we use polythene and it burning effect, visualization, training, and public participation.
Target audience?
School and college students, public and community members
What benefit?
Human health, ecological ecosystem, water and soil quality, future generation
Who organized and managed?
SEEM Nepal and Green House Creation
Who is initiator?
Environmentalist Nipesh DHAKA, Fonder President of SEEM Nepal
Our Activates :-
PHASE I: Field visit, study, research and make plan for campaign.
PHASE II: Briefly give presentation and orientation class to main leaders and staff of municipality.
PHASE III: Give the orientation class to leader of village committee, school and college, mother group, water and irrigation group, forestry community group.
PHASE IV: Give the awareness about polythene and its burning effect, show documentary, play drama, other awareness activities to people, students in their institutions and community area.
PHASE V: Motivated to collected polythene from land, water resources, agricultural land, forest, highway, road and other public and private places.
PHASE VI: Giving training for eco friendly materials and award to community group, institutions by providing container drum in their place.
PHASE VII: Declared Zero Polythene Area
Case Study :- Zero Polythene Tilottama
Tilottama is about 130,000 inhabitant of 126 sq. Km in area. Zero Polythene Tiltorama is a massive public awareness program on environment protection. The municipality was declared a zero polythene by collecting all discarded polythene items including plastic shells of food and non-food items, wires and electrical items, tires, toys, plastic utensils, shoes, clothes, sacks, including openly discarded polythene and plastic bags. The campaign was started in December, 2019 and continued till mid-March. During the campaign, Tilottama Municipality was made the first zero polythene area in Nepal. The campaign was successful in collecting about 80,000 sacks of polythene products by encouraging the city dwellers through education and public awareness. During the campaign, a two-day environmental awareness program was conducted in 85 academic institutions.
Similarly, a massive program was held in 189 toll development organizations (Toll Bikash Sastha) within 17 wards of the city. All the city dwellers were trained on the deterioration of soil quality, imbalance in the ecosystem as well as the impact of burning it on human health. The municipality has started this campaign for the first time in Tilottama as it is certain that there will be a complex problem in the future if it is not managed and minimized. As the Zero Polythene Campaign has covered most of the indicators of sanitation, the municipality of Tilottama was also declared the first sanitary municipality in Nepal. Under the direction of world-renowned and zero-polythene Tilottama campaigner, environmentalist and founder president of SEEM Nepal Nipesh DHAKA, the campaign has become a zero-polythene with the objective of managing and minimizing polythene products to the general public.
The campaign was organized by SEEM Nepal in a program of Greenery Nepal and collaborate with the Tilottama municipality. The ZERO POLYTHENE TILOTTAMA was declared on March 12, 2008 by Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Hon’ble Ghanshyam Bhushal. The campaign has been recorded in WORLD BOOK OF RECORDS entitled “Largest Global Warming & Climate Change Renewed Campaign” for brining awareness and motivating more than 1,00,000 people and making the ZPM successful from 03 Dec 2019 to 03 March 2013. “जुटौं सारा गाउँ र शहर शुन्य पोलिथिन तिलोत्तमा नगर”
The Documentary was released on 20 September 2020.
Zero Polythene Campaign in Tilottama Municipality, Rupendehi
Zero Poltythene Vyas Municipality, Tanahun
Zero Polythene Lumbini Cultural Municipality, Rupendehi
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