KATHMANDU, Feb. 3 -- The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has decided to manage only those waste that is segregated as biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste from the households itself.

The KMC says it will start the classification process from Ward No 5, 12 and 27 immediately. After some time, it will manage only the classified waste from all 32 wards. According to Rabin Man Shrestha, the head of KMC's Environment Management Department, even though the KMC had announced to manage waste only after classification a year and a half ago, the process was not implemented effectively.

Shrestha said that the effort to identify location is also going on in Banchare Danda, where classified waste can be managed. Along with the waste classific...