73,200 Tonnes of Kathmandu Market Waste Composted Instead of Dumped, Stopping Landfill Methane

Organic waste makes up most of Kathmandu's rubbish, and in a landfill it decomposes without oxygen and releases methane. Biocomp Nepal, founded in 2011, collects market waste and composts it aerobically, first at a small pilot and since 2013 at a partly mechanised plant in Saibu. Its Gold Standard project, supported by Swiss foundation myclimate, reported by the end of 2025 that it had collected over 73,200 tonnes of organic waste, produced 7,300 tonnes of compost, reduced 25,800 tonnes of CO2 and created 43 permanent jobs, including 20 for women.