The world nations observed the World Earth Day 2018 on April 22, 2018 pledging for control over usage of plastic and related material for the environmental safety.<\/p>\n
Citing to plastic waste management as a \u2018global crisis\u2019, Earth Day Network (a non-profit organization that conducts the Earth Day every year) informed that the World Earth Day 2018 is focused on ways to end plastic pollution globally.<\/p>\n
A wide variety of events have been held across the world commemorating the World Earth Day 2018 with some of them being Green Room Festival 2018<\/em> by Japan, Billion Acts of Green<\/em> by China, No-Plastic<\/em> by Indian State of Karnataka, #StirCrazy Earth Day<\/em> by Romania and the UK and Earth Day by the Bay<\/em> in San Fransisco, among various others.<\/p>\n “There is a growing tidal wave of interest in ending plastic pollution and some countries and governments are already in the vanguard. Earth Day Network believes we can turn that tidal wave into a permanent solution to plastics pollution,” Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers said in a statement.<\/p>\n Like many other countries, Nepal has been striving for a clean and safe environment.<\/p>\n Towards this goal, the country and its citizens have been coming up with many eco-friendly initiatives including clean up campaigns<\/a>, waste management<\/a> programs, among various others.<\/p>\n #PollutionControl :<\/strong> Towards controlling vehicular pollution, the Government of Nepal has called for a ban on old vehicles<\/a> aging more than 20 years.<\/p>\n #HornFreeWorld : <\/strong>Riding on the success of the horn-ban policy<\/a> in its capital city Kathmandu, Nepal is also striving for achieving horn-free nation status through a serious implementation of the policy across the nation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The policy\u2019s success in Kathmandu was also referred to as a real-time example for efficient public-policy collaboration in Nepal. <\/p>\n \u201cIn the entire South Asian region, this is one of the most successful initiatives by the traffic police. This is our pride. Now if you blow the horn, people will look at you just like in a developed country, as if you were uncivilized,\u201d says Sudan Silwal, a senior police officer from Kathmandu Metropolitan Traffic Police (KMTP) department.<\/p>\n #GreenVehicles : <\/strong>Another interesting initiative of Nepal is the pitch for usage of green vehicles<\/a> or electric vehicles run by alternative energy sources such as electricity, solar or biofuel<\/a>, among others. The country is looking at a full-fledged transition to the usage of green vehicles or Electric Vehicles<\/a> (EVs) in the next 10 years.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the right policies in place, we can achieve complete transition in 10 years,\u201d says Nepal\u2019s former Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal, who also opines that Nepal\u2019s transition to EVs will be faster than that of India.<\/p>\n #CleanEnergy<\/strong> : There is a growing trend of adopting clean energy solutions in Nepal<\/a>. As a country with good water resources, Nepal is already riding high on its hydropower<\/a> and is also ramping up efforts for full-fledged harnessing of alternative energy solutions like wind, solar, bio-fuel, among others.<\/p>\n #WasteManagement <\/strong>: With wide variety of activities, Nepal has always been effectively for waste management and has also set few classic examples like Dhankuta<\/a> for effective waste management. The country has always been active in tackling waste management through mega clean-up campaigns for cleaning up tons of debris across all levels.<\/p>\nCase of Nepal<\/h4>\n