Which kind of Traveller are you ?

As Backpacking and travelling rising in India, I tried to categorise the type of Travellers.
 Have a look and decide which kind of traveller you are :

Categorised by Money :-

1. Budget Travellers ( Backpackers ) :- Some people may not be able or willing to spend much money, but wish to see the world anyhow. They believe in that “ It is possible to travel with very little or even no money at all ”.

2. Luxury Travellers :- These kind of travellers are looking for comfort, marble bath-tub or the gold taps, high standards of accommodation and dining while travelling.

Categorised by Purpose :-

1. The Thrill-Seeker (Adventure Travellers ) :- Adventure Travellers often travel alone or in small groups on self-organised trips or on small group organised excursions. They include; tourists, trekkers, mountaineers, climbers, bikers, canoeists, scuba divers, etc. etc. The list is endless. This type of excursion usually involves travelling on foot, by bicycle or public transport and staying in simple cheap accommodation.

2. Cultural explorer Travellers :- These Kind of Travellers seek opportunities to embrace, discover and immerse himself in the culture, people and settings of the places they visit. Not content to just visit historic sites and watch from the sidelines, they want to be an active participant. They often attempt to converse with locals, attend local festivals and go off the beaten path to discover how people truly live.

3. Entertainment Travellers :- They travel for fun, entertainment and to get lost into different word. They can be subcategorized into Holidaymaker, Sexoturism , Honeymooners, Gambling, Party Hoppers, Hippie Travellers, Druggers.

4. Voluntraveller (Volunteer Travellers) :- These kind of travellers provide their service by living and working in developing countries, providing aid, and assisting in the peace process by interacting with local cultures.

5. Medical Travellers :-  These kind of travellers are looking for cheap medical assistant and special medical treatment. 
   
   
   
   
    

6. Rejuvenator :- For them, travel is a chance to totally disconnect and just "get away from it all." All they want to do is relax and recharge. They usually take short vacations to familiar places, often for family visits and celebrations. While they might seek out destinations with a few interesting things to see and do, they don't want an overly-hectic schedule of events. After all, travel is meant to be relaxing, not extra work!

7. Business Travellers :- someone who is travelling on business.

Contribute towards a Social Economic Reform

We have started a campaign on Ketto to raise money to impact on lives of rag pickers and current waste management sector .
Please visit below link and support.

www.ketto.org/raddiwale  

First of all let me brief you about RaddiWale ( www.raddiwale.in ).



Raddiwale is a mission to improve the living of rag pickers and current waste management sector in India and encourage people to use their waste as a resource, and provides services from waste recovery to recycling.
Our vision is to use amalgamation of technology and smart processes to structure the highly unorganized waste management sector in India.

Motto of go green, go clean along with impacting on lives of rag- pickers. The rag-pickers will be equipped with hygiene mask, gloves and authentic tools for accurate measurement.With association of waste pickers with us, we will ensure their proper hygiene by providing them t- shirts, gloves,mask and better instruments.


This could be an opportunity for you to give back to the society and plant seeds for  environmental change. I would really like your help to impact on the lives of rag-pickers and to improve current waste management sector. Your support and donation will most definitely not only bring a change in current waste management sector but also going to put an impact on lives of rag-pickers and put them on the highway to a wonderfully bright future.
Website :-  www.raddiwale.in

Waste Paper Recycling : India

According to the IARPMA, Paper mills can be broadly divided into three types 

 

1. Wood pulp based mills ( 31 % )
2. Agro residue based mills (non-wood based segment) ( 22 % )
3. Waste paper based mills ( 47 % )

In India more than 500 mills make use of waste paper as the main raw material for making paper, paper-board. Waste paper is collected indigenously and also imported. In India, every year around 13 million tonnes of waste paper is produced, and India only able to recover 25% of it. This means that nearly 9.75 million tons of paper reaches landfills and is lost forever. When we compare this with other countries, the amount is comparatively very low. For instance in Germany it is 73%, Sweden 69%, Japan 60%, Western Europe 56%, USA 49% and Italy 45 %.

Imports of waste paper increasing

Indian mills have to import waste paper because of lack of proper mechanism and technology for collection & segregation. 50% of industry's requirement of waste paper is met through import which is on increase.  In 1981, the import of waste paper was US$5 million which rose to US$ 1 billion in 2012. India imports around 4.0 million tonnes of waste paper every year. This is not a good picture for the Indian economy.

Recycle paper….Why?

Did you know?

1. Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than if it was made from raw materials.
2. It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of newspaper.
3. Use of energy is much less in recycling paper than making new paper.
4. According to research studies, recycling one tonne of waste paper can help in about 70% raw material saving along with coal saving of 60%, energy 43% and water 70% which are used in the making of paper from wood.

So let us start harnessing waste paper at home.

Problems in collection

In spite of the fact that the Government, paper mills and NGOs are concentrating on development of collection and recycling programme, with focus on the environment, there are some grey areas in the collection of waste paper in India.

• Lack of large space for storage, sorting of waste paper.
• No proper coordination between the informal sector and the main supply chain of waste paper to paper industry.
• No effective collection mechanism for waste paper from offices and households.
• Use of newspaper for packaging.
• Role of municipalities is not efficient in the current waste management network.

What can be done?

So far, in India, waste paper recycling is done by the unorganized and informal sector, which constitutes the kabaaris, rag-pickers, middlemen and the business houses.

A proper collection and recycling of waste paper can definitely help in reducing the generation of municipal solid wastes. Some options that can be considered are as follow:

• Formulating a policy on management of waste paper in accordance with E-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2011.
• The guidelines and procedures for the producers, collection centres and the recyclers should be formulated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
• Proper locations should be allocated for development of sorting centres or warehouses for sorting, baling and storage of waste paper.
• The collection centres should be run by the municipalities, but the work should be handed over to the private companies.
• Regulations should be made to compulsorily use shredders by all offices, educational institutes and the shredded waste paper should be collected through contractual agreements on an annual basis.
  
  

RAKHI!

The Festival which every girl awaits the whole year with lots of excitement packed in her heart and lots of wishes jot down in her ' Demands from Bro' list. This is the day when guys reassure their sisters that no matter what their Bad-ass brothers are going to turn up!

The mere imagination of this day brings a smile on every face because its going to be a whole day partying mode! Brothers and sisters teasing each other, playing around..
Guests, sweets..

OH Yess! the sweets.. mouth watering 'Ghevar', 'Besan ka Ladoo' and so much more!

Cute little siblings turning their face into chocolaty and brothers hovering around creating a mess in the name of fun!

BUT,
Don't you worry about the waste disposal...

Just enjoy your day with your loved ones'  as we are just a call away.. RaddiWale

Kartikeya Awasthi
Team RaddiWale

WASTE ..Why and How !!

So how do you define 'Waste'?
It is the reflection of your routine, special or any other day activity which is packed in a box, commonly named as " USE ME".

Yes, this container or the bin is the only matter in this universe that so bravely and outrageously asks you..dares you to use it!
Funny?

Well, the fun part starts when this bin is filled up to the brim and you have to empty it down. Let us look at how exactly you can use this "Mr. USE ME" box.

Guests arrived at your door and you serve them with drinks..Hard/soft whatever but what did you create in the end? yes.. waste in the form of bottle (glass and plastic), wrappers, poly bags etc.
You had a small get together, or its just your usual day.. what's left in the end? yes.. Waste again!

So it is like that after our planet has completed its one full rotation around its axis,
we see Mr. USE ME box filled and ready to explode with varying types of waste, in the form of colourful fancy bottles, or your outdated monthly issues of magazines and newspaper, your kids' broken toys and much more!

The problem lies not in using the 'use me box' but in disposing off the waste collected in it correctly because the moment earth restarts its journey around its axis and so does you with her..I am sure you would want a fresh and clean start. Isn't it?

Does two tomatoes and one onion add up into a single unit?
Can you add One Orange and two Mangoes? NO nah?

So how can you dispose plastic and paper waste together?
Getting?? I know you are!
So bottom-line is that it creates a necessity to be able to dispose off wastes in a correct manner.

BUT..hey!
Don't frown upon now and worry about researching scholarly articles about waste disposal because we are at your service.

Leave that part on us and we will ensure that fresh and clean start..
Just call us.. RaddiWale.in













Kartikeya Awasthi
Team RaddiWale

A START UP to.. CLEAN UP!

Partying? Boozing? House warming? Or just a hang out at your place...?

We all want it... Don’t we?

Apart from the fun that you are going to have, it is the crap you are worried about, which is going to pile up the next day. It makes you 'hung-over' already, doesn't it?

Cans, plastics, packets and loads of bottles speak about your crazy night.

What adds to your hangover is the incalculable frustration of cleaning and dumping the mess that came free with the fun.

And what worsens the condition is the reality that shows up- "oh no! raddiwala nahi ayega aaj, What shall I do now?"

Who said they won't? Now you have your personal raddiwala just a click away. RaddiWale is here to help you. We will provide convenient, smooth and on time pick up service for your trash at your doorstep.

Just login to our website RaddiWale, choose your area and voila! You have your raddiwala at your door.

You have a poor internet connection? Don't worry, you can reach us through phone also.

So pick up your phones or login to our website to get rid of the unwanted stuff because WE WANT IT.

Yes! No more waiting on your balconies shouting out to ‘kabadiwalas’...

RaddiWale is here...

For more updates, stay tuned to raddiwale.in

Kartikeya Awasthi
Team RaddiWale