Shilshila Acharya is a Nepalese environmental scientist who led successful campaigns to increase Nepal's plastic recycling.
She persuaded her family that she would prefer to study environmental science even though the finances made little sense.
[5] In 2018 the World Wildlife Fund in Nepal celebrated its 25th anniversary and they decided to reconstitute their Conservation awards.
Acharya received one of the awards, given to individuals, because of her work as the CEO of the Himalayan Climate Initiative.
[6] In 2019 she was involved in a campaign to reduce the large amount of refuse left in the Himalayas by visiting mountaineers.