Nepal’s first and biggest e-waste exhibition
On the occasion of World Environment Day on June 4th, 2023, Doko Recyclers organized Nepal’s first ever e-waste exhibition with the theme “Responsibly manage your e-waste for a sustainable future” at the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) in Khumaltar, Lalitpur. The event’s primary goals were to gather all relevant stakeholders and educate the […]
Doko Recyclers’ E-waste Services
Curious about what to do with your electronic and electrical waste after you have used them? Look no further than Doko Recyclers! Doko Recyclers is Nepal’s first registered electronic waste (e-waste) management company. We have collected more than 100 tons of e-waste from companies and households between August 2017 and December 2021. The collected waste […]
Facts About E-waste You Should Know
Seven Facts About E-waste Electronic waste is one of the world’s fastest growing waste streams in the world. Just think about it, a decade ago, we would be hard pressed to find more than one cell phone or laptop per family. Now, everyone in the household has at least one cell phone (if not more). […]
Erase Your E Waste
E-waste management is a major problem in Nepal, especially in its rapidly growing capital Kathmandu. The 2011 Solid Waste Management Act is Nepal’s primary regulation and does not even mention e-waste. A lack of policies has meant that informal actors are free to burn wires to extract copper, extract precious metals from electronics and dump […]
Gold In Your Garbage
There is a wealth of valuable resources that end up in landfills everyday by way of electronic waste, or e-waste disposal. Anything that can be plugged in or used on a battery is considered e-waste. Metals, plastics, and glass are some components that are used to create electronics, and most of these components can be […]
Mercury in the Air
Due to the inconvenience of load shedding we went through until a few years ago, many households and offices purchased invertors and generators for back up electricity. And since regular filament light bulbs required a lot of electricity, the same households and offices switched to compact florescent light (CFL) bulbs to conserve precious energy. Today, […]
Recycling Complex Materials
Recycling complex e-waste A printed circuit board (PCB) is what allows all of your electronics to run. The circuit board creates a circuit of electrical connections to and from each component of your electronic device. Without a circuit board, an electronic device cannot run. Since a circuit board is the most important component of all […]
New Strides in E-Waste Services: Our Very Own Wire Stripper
We all have wires lying around our house. Phone chargers, Tihar lights, old Ethernet cables; we have them all and we’ve probably wondered what to do with them. Understanding this problem, we at Doko Recyclers were eager to add wire stripping as a service we provide to anyone interested. To go into detail, wire stripping […]
CAN Infotech 2019
The 25th CAN Infotech 2019 is an annual event organized by the Federation of Computer Association Nepal (CAN Federation) which took place for six days from January 29th to February 3rd. This is the biggest tech festival of Nepal, where people have an opportunity to witness and showcase the latest technologies in computers, gadgets, mobiles, […]