Month: March 2019

The economics of waste

March 30th, 2019

The country’s economy is not only vulnerable to shocks but is...

The trashy issue

March 30th, 2019

Waste is not a problem in Bhutan. Its management is. The...

Waste encroaching agriculture land

March 30th, 2019

Fresh and cool, it begins from the foothills of Dochula, the...

Four decades in trash business

March 30th, 2019

In 1976, Kezang Norbu took a decision that his friends that...

Plastic ban confusing people, says minister 

March 30th, 2019

While the ban on the plastic carry bags, doma wrappers, and...

Demystifying Community Information Centres

March 30th, 2019

Introduction Our policy-makers are in a state of confusion about the...

Waste in the name of religion?

March 30th, 2019

The year of the Pig is not good for Ugyen. The...

A school without dustbins

March 30th, 2019

When it comes to waste, what comes to Changangkha Middle Secondary...

“We are the sweepers of Thimphu city”

March 30th, 2019

Secluded by a long line of bamboo fencing below the Olakha...

Whence the waste problem?

March 30th, 2019

Picture this: The year is 2027. Thimphu, Bhutan’s capital and the...

Medical waste on the rise

March 30th, 2019