On August 16, 2024, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Kirtipur Municipality and the Centre for Integtrated Urban Development to implement the project titled Using Innovative Technology to Establish Plastic-Managed Communities and the Rivers in Kirtipur Municipality and Adjacent Wards of Neighboring Municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley. Funded by the World Bank, this project will help promote plastic managed communities in the ward number 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the municipality through the systematic collection of all kinds of plastics and recycling and upcycling them to produce various useful things that can be used both in household and community level.