LALITPUR: Two Bangladeshi consultants — Iftekhar Enayetullah and A H Md Maqsood Sinha — known for their success in setting up organic compost based plant through carbon financing have suggested Nepal to adopt their concept to manage garbage here. While presenting a paper at a programme jointly organised by the Ministry of Local Development (MoLD) and Public Private Partnership Project for Urban Environment of UNDP, the two Bangladeshi experts recommended the government to opt for the solution to get rid of the garbage problem, specially the one of the Kathmandu Valley. The duo widely discussed on ‘overview on financing solid waste management through carbon financing: strategies and examples of experiences in Bangladesh’. They proposed Nepal to adopt Clean Development Mechanism through carbon financing while setting up garbage-fuelled plant. Consultant Iftekhar said, “A plant was established in Dhaka at the cost of 12 million Euros. It will earn 16 million Euros from carbon trading within the next 10 years. The garbage nature of Bangladesh and Nepal is similar and the method will be most appropriate here.” Further, the organic compost produced from the plant would help retain fertility of the land, he added. Meanwhile, Minister for Local Development, Purna Kumar Sherma Limbu said that the government was serious about managing the garbage in a sustainable way. “If we adopt carbon trading policies, we can earn a lot and also control the hazards of climate change too,” he said. “The government is preparing to bring appropriate law for materialising this concept into practice,” he added. Krishna Gyawali, secretary at the MoLD and member of the High Level Committee for Garbage Management, said, “We will visit Bangladesh and see the plant before we make a decision.” Dr Sumitra Amatya, General Manager at the Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre said that the government had prioritised the setting up of garbage-fuelled plant.