Israeli Ambassador busy collecting environmentally hazardous used batteries

April 12, Kathmandu: With the development of science and technology, electronic goods are being produced, consumed, and disposed of in an unprecedented number.

Due to this, the task of managing electronic waste “e-waste” is becoming even more arduous and challenging.

Keeping this in mind, Israeli Ambassador to Nepal Hanan Goder has been visiting different schools in the Kathmandu Valley with the aim of generating awareness among the students about the adverse impact caused by the used dry cell batteries on the soil, the ecosystem, and the human health.

“If we throw the used battery out in the open, it will be detrimental to the small creatures who live in the soil, therefore proper disposal is imperative,” Ambassador Goder said to the students.

Ambassador Goder went to Kathmandu Pragya Kunja School, Shanti Shikshya Secondary School, Kathmandu Model College (KMC), and Kavya School with empty water jars, and requested the students, the teachers, and the non-teaching staff to collect the used batteries in the jars which would be kept at the school.

The battery collection campaign is being run at the initiative of the Israeli Embassy in Nepal.

The Embassy has said that “the collected used batteries would be handed over to a recycling company in Kathmandu for safe handling.”

“Israel is one of the biggest producers and consumers of electronic devices. We are a small country with a sizable population to feed, we cannot allow the e-waste to contaminate the soil that grows our food, so the proper management of e-waste for us is a matter of life and death,” Ambassador Goder said.

Ambassador Goder said Israel would always assist Nepal in the protection and preservation of the environment.