Bottlers Nepal (Terai) Limited (An authorized bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in Nepal), in collaboration with Nepal Youth Council, is providing seed funding for an innovative competition which rewards ideas from each province under its social initiative themed “Youth Engagement in Climate Action Initiatives.” 

As the closing date for participation nears, which is on September 7, 2021, Coca-Cola and the Nepal Youth Council invite the youths across Nepal to participate in the competition.

The short-listed projects will be on September 21, 2021. Interested youths can submit their ideas by sending an email to [email protected] or by filling out a form linked here.

Coca-Cola in Nepal has been collaborating with Nepal Youth Council since 2018, for organizing provincial conferences and youth engagement programs related to leadership, entrepreneurship, networking, and personality development. With an aim of continuing such initiatives and support to encourage youth involvement, this year Bottlers Nepal (Terai) Limited and Nepal Youth Council continue to work together in addressing Climate Change.

The Seed Fund program is sponsored by Bottlers Nepal (Terai) with special support from Plan International, WWF Nepal, Marie Stopes, NREN, Grace International, Texas International College, Edusanjal, and Khalti, which will be further carried out in collaboration with Provincial and Local Governments for selected ideas. 

For more details, interested candidates may follow Nepal Youth Council Facebook’s page.

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An initiative by  CREASION  supported by Coca-Cola Nepal to ensure the safety and livelihood of waste workers who are equally at the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak through safety awareness programs and distribution of safety gears and relief materials.

CREASION along with Coca-Cola in Nepal announced a joint initiative named Waste Worker Emergency Relief Project (WWERP) with the aim to provide awareness, safety gears and relief materials for vulnerable waste workers and their families to help protect them from the negative impacts of the virus. The project is part of Coca-Cola in Nepal’s initial pledge of Rs 8 crores towards the fight against COVID-19. 

The first program of the project commenced on 15th May in safety awareness and distribution event of relief materials to 150 waste workers which were held at Women for Human Rights in Buddhanilkantha, Kathmandu. 

So far, 4 relief programs have been conducted successfully which has directly benefited 460 waste workers. They were provided with safety and awareness programs, food relief packages, dignity kits for female beneficiaries which includes environmental-friendly and reusable sanitary pads along with personal hygiene materials such as soaps, detergents, gloves and essential medicines to ensure their primary needs and protect their livelihood.

Furthermore, protective jumpsuits and safety gears will be provided to 100 frontline waste workers in a relief program on 25th May which will be facilitated by Bidya Sundar Shakya, Mayor of Kathmandu.

The WWERP project is a joint collaboration with Women for Human Rights, Doko recycler, Blue Waste to Value, Nepsemyak and Himalayan Climate Initiative (HCI) who have provided a list of waste workers in their network so that the project can have a wider reach.

This initiation aims to reach 3200 waste workers and their families ensuring their safety and livelihood at the current situation of crisis while over 2500 waste workers will be directly benefitted. The project will be further carried out in different municipalities of Kathmandu, Kiritipur, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Chitwan, Lahan, Saptari and Siraha.

Speaking about this initiation  Aananda Mishra, Founder and President, Creasion said, “We are committed to bring positive changes in the lives of waste workers through this initiation in support of The Coca-Cola Foundation.”

Lily Thapa, Founder, Women for Human Rights added, “Waste workers are equally in the front line as other professionals and the least we can do for them from a personal level is segregating waste at our households before disposal. Besides, initiatives like this are a noble way to show collective solidarity and respect for their work.” 

Ambuj Singh, Country Director, Coca-Cola in Nepal shared, “The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in challenging time for everyone. While we all are dealing with this difficult situation it has become quite tough for the waste worker community who are working on the frontline and vulnerable to the outbreak. With our sincere support, we attempt to provide safety and protection of their livelihood so that they do not have to bear negative consequences of the Corona Virus. In this fight against COVID-19 outbreak, we are together with them.”
 

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Coca-Cola in Nepal held a virtual press conference to mark World Environment Day, showcasing the World Without Waste program and announcing the conclusion of the second edition of the largest mountain cleanup program in the world, "Mountain Cleanup Campaign 2021". 

We collected over 27,671 kilograms of waste, 04 dead bodies, and one human remains from six mountains. They include Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Pumori, and Ama Dablam. 

Director of the Mountain Cleaning Campaign, Brigadier General Himanshu Khadka of Nepali Army, said “Mountain Cleaning Campaign – 2021, a Nepali Government initiative led by the Nepali Army,concluded successfully after retrieving 27.6 tonnes of garbage and four dead bodies fromsix different mountains, despite the raging COVID-19 pandemic and two cyclones Tauktae and Yaas. This was possible due to the unwavering support from our environmentally responsible partners. We appreciate the continued support ofCoca-Cola for the noble cause of saving the Himalayas for the future generations.”

In a campaign led by Nepal Army with Coke and other multi-stakeholders, Nepal intends to protect mountainous regions and minimize climate change by cleaning up six of the country's highest peaks. The Mountain Cleaning Program from Coca-Cola began in 2019 with the aim of protecting the environment and preserving the natural pride and beauty of Nepal.

Known as World Without Waste, Coca-Cola announced in 2018 that by 2030, it would collect and recycle the equivalent of 100% of its packaging. With the Design-Collect-Partner framework, the company is trying to achieve the global vision and targets through long-term partnerships with bottling partners, the government, nongovernmental organizations, industry peers, and local communities.

Talking about the efforts made by BNL on sustainability, Mr. Pradip Pandey, Managing Director of Bottlers Nepal Ltd. shared, “In the area of waste management, we have led multiple initiatives that have provided the necessary impetus to the challenges of responsible waste management and recycling of PET bottles. Through various programs like the mountain cleaning campaign and placement of informative PET collection bins at strategic locations, we have created awareness in the community regarding waste segregation, packaging and recycling.”

Coca-Cola works hand-in-hand with local municipalities, businesses, citizens & waste pickers to emulate a multi-stakeholder approach towards finding a solution to recycle PET waste. The company has taken the lessons learnt from global initiatives targeted to create and accelerate collection and recycling systems and adapted them to the local setting in Nepal

Mr. Adarsh Avasthi, Country Director, Coca-Cola in Nepal said “Our flagship program, World Without Waste, is one of a kind in Nepal, where we are re-thinking our packaging design, innovating the way our used packaging is collected and collaborating to ensure packaging is recycled. We have partnered with industry peers, environmentalists, government, and civil society organizations to implement a plastic circular economy and promote recycling in Nepal.”

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