Over 400 persons trained on green job in Pokhara

Kaski, March 2: More than 400 persons have been provided training on green jobs in Pokhara so that they could recycle and upcycle the waste to generate money.    
The beneficiaries are from all 33 wards of Pokhara metropolitan city.    

A project relating to green job through recycling and upcycling provided the skill-based training for a week, according to Anil Lamichhane, secretary of the organizing institution.    
    
In the training, the participants were instructed how they could adopt sustainable waste management and create green employment and generate money.    
    
Types of waste, segregation of waste, community's role, waste management, responsible use, 3R principle (reuse, rescue and recycle) and commercial plan were the major highlights of the training.    
    
The project has aimed at creating more than 600 green jobs through sustainable waste management by 2029 in Pokhara. Similarly, it has provided public awareness on waste management.    
    
Creation of 30 enterprises on recycling and upcycling has been planned during the project. (RSS)