Report of

Waste Management Training and Manufacture of

Compost Manure for Santinagar Tole Ward -10

Date: 9th August 2021

Organized by: Birendranagar Municipality
Birendranagar, Surkhet

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Table of Contents

BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................3

OBJECTIVE OF THE TRAINING...............................................................................................3

METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................................4

MAJOR CONTENT:......................................................................................................................4

TRAINING PROCEEDING....................................................................................................................4

OUTPUT:...........................................................................................................................................5

CHALLENGES:....................................................................................................................................5

RECOMMENDATION:........................................................................................................................5

APPENDIX-I.......................................................................................................................................6

APPENDIX -2.....................................................................................................................................6

APPENDIX -3.....................................................................................................................................7

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Background

Interdependent Society Surkhet had conducted training (workshop) programme on Solid

waste management and manufacture of compost manure on Aug 9th ,2021 at Interdependent
Society Surkhet office, meeting hall. The training was focused on expanding knowledge and
understanding on the topic of waste reduction, reuse and recycling concept for the Santinagar
tole Bikash Santha committee members. The training aimed to bring about notable changes in
perceptions, awareness and habits of participant. Also map knowledge level regarding the 3R
concept to develop communication tools and Implement training actions to educate people
and encourage behavioural change towards more sustainable waste management practices;
and to monitor project impact on the participant. The member of the training team was Ms
Sunita Thapa, Mr Resham Nepali, Ms Pabitra BK along with ISS Volunteers. During the
training, they shared their knowledge experience and technical aspect to improve the
understanding on solid waste management.

Objective of the training

The community education and training proceeding has been designed to help support the
Waste Strategy work towards a vision of zero waste in every ward of Birendranagar. The
main desired objective for implementing the strategy include:

 Reduce contamination of recyclables.

 A reduction in the quality of garbage place out for collection.
 Increased participation in green organics recycling and composting.
 A greater understanding of why recycling is important and what are the benefits.

The Waste Education and Awareness Strategy generally consist of the following key
components:
 Aims to increase the community’s knowledge and improve attitudes and practices
through building upon existing programs.
 The Zero Waste Awareness Program, which aims to increase the level of community
awareness about waste issues in general.

Methodology
The training content was developed according to the need of participants in a simple and
practical way. The delivery of the training using a picture visualization process encouraged
the participants to consider the training programme as a journey of transformation. Within
this overall approach, the methodologies considered are as follows:
 Paper Presentation
 Practical Base Work
 Experience Sharing

Major Content:
 Presentation by the trainer on the concept of waste, segregation, methods of
composting manure and various challenges.

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  Simplifying the waste concept with practical base activity.
 In- depth knowledge about the technical aspect of composting manure.

Training Proceeding
The training (workshop) commenced with an introduction of the ground rules that required
the participants to take their seat. Mr Resham Nepali then took control of the session by
welcoming the participants to introduce themselves. Then Ms Sunita Thapa provided an
analysis on the concept of waste management where participants were asked to describe the
waste that came to their mind upon thinking about waste. This session was about learning the
definition of term waste. Then, she talked about the core reason for unsystematic arrangement
of waste in Birendranagar municipality pointing out public awareness is the main backbone
of SWM in every ward of surkhet. Reviewing the participant’s understanding Ms Sunita
Thapa carried on the participant about the importance of waste segregation and how waste
can be managed in systematic way, considering the greenery ideology with a slogan of “clean
Surkhet healthy air”. She further elaborated the process of creating manual composting by
using technical tools and material. Mr Pasupati Rijal continued the training by addressing the
required material for making manual composting. He assisted Ms Sunita Thapa by explaining
the process of manure composting by mixing EM (effective microorganism), water and
bheali.

To visualize the present waste management system in Birendranagar. Ms Sunita Thapa

shared her personal experience with the participants. So as to aware about the activity we
carry out to manage waste from home. she motivated every participant about the importance
of waste management need to kick start from home as we are the responsible for our own
waste.

To close off the training the participants reflected their opinions views that strategized the
way to learn new required knowledge and understanding regarding waste management. Mr
Resham Nepali then wrapped up the session with an Inspiring speech reflecting the
importance of waste management in our community so as to live healthy life.

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Output:
 Able to distinguish the waste segregation by using the 3R principle.
 Concept of recycling the organic waste from animal feed household.
 Exclusive criteria for selection of land for landfill site encouraging privatization.
 Techical aspects of waste segregation by using modern technology.
 Technical aspet of creation of composition of waste.

Challenges:
The following challenges were identified by the participants in relation to their learning:
 The different types of experience shared by the participants was slightly challenging
for the group and not always perceived as creating an ideal space for learning from
each other. It is essential to take the learner’s preferences and their learning habits
into account to deliver a training. So, sharing the participants’ professional
background at the beginning of the workshop could have helped in planning the better
delivery of the training.

Recommendation:
Based on a brief and informal assessment by the trainers, we present the following
reccomendations:
 To make it necessary to conduct a learning needs asssessment before the
tranning in order to gauge the participants’ level of awareness and
understanding about the concept.
 To revise the presentation to make them less text heavy and more interactive.
 Evaluate the feedbacks given by the participants and use it to make
necessary improvements.

Appendix-I
Programme of the training Course

Date: 13 July 2021 (29 Ashad 2078)

Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 am

Venue: Meeting Hall, Birendranagar Municipality

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Time Program Resource Person

10:00 Welcome remarks Mr Resham Nepali

-10:10 ISS
10:10- 10: introduction of Participants Mr. Resham Nepali
20 ISS
10:20 – Presentation on waste Management Ms. Sunita Thapa
11:30 ISS
11:30 – Discussion
11:55
11:55 – Closing Remarks from Mayor Mr. Resham Nepali
12:00
End of the Program

Appendix -2
List of queries from participants for the queries addressing session

No Name Designation
1. Mr. Manohar Acharay Community Chief
2. Mr.Lalit Bahadur Bista Commuinty Secretary
3. Ms. Rupa Singh Dauni Community Financial Head
4. Mr. Mina oli Member
5. Ms. Binita Sunar Member
6. Ms. Laxmi Kumari Sunar Member
7. Ms. Ram Kumari Sunar Member
8. Ms Sikha BK Member
9. Mr. Sushila Sunar Member
10. Mr.BImala Sunar Member
11. Mrs. Amrita Nepali Member
12. Mr.Chittra Nepali Member
13. Ms Sunita Thapa ISS
14. Mr.Resham Nepali ISS
15. Ms.Muna Nepali ISS
16. Ms. Pabitra BK ISS
17. Ms.Manisha ISS
18. Mr. Nabina Sakya ISS
19. Ms. Bahawana Rana ISS
20. Mr.Pasupati Rijal ISS

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