REUSE. RECYCLE
What is recycled paper and what is the main objective behind using it?
Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstock for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste.

• Pre-consumer waste is material that was discarded before it was ready for consumer use.

• Post-consumer waste is material discarded after consumer use, including OM (old magazines), OTD (old telephone directories), and RMP (residential mixed paper).

• Mill broke is paper trimmings and other paper scrap from the manufacture of paper.
SAVE TREES AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. Have you read these words before?

Yes, many times. But have you done anything about it? NO. Why?
• Don’t care

• Doesn’t affect me directly

• Too lazy to go and buy it from a shop where it’s easily available

• Recycled paper looks so boring. I want to use fancy books
So much has been written and spoken about global warming being the biggest threat to the world today. We feel sad for a moment and then it’s forgotten. The world’s population is believed to be approximately 6,708,700,100. Imagine how much paper is used in our day-to-day lives!

Why recycle paper?

• By using waste paper to produce new paper, disposal problems are reduced.

• Producing recycled paper involves between 28 - 70% less energy consumption than virgin paper and uses less water. This is because most of the energy used in papermaking is the pulping needed to turn wood into paper.

• Recycled paper produces fewer polluting emissions to air (95% of air pollution) and water. Recycled paper is not usually re-bleached and where it is, oxygen rather than chlorine is usually used. This reduces the amount of dioxins, which are released into the environment as a by-product of the chlorine bleaching processes.

• Paper is a biodegradable material. This means that when it goes to landfill, as it rots, it produces methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas (20 times more potent than carbon dioxide). It is becoming increasingly accepted that global warming is a reality, and that methane and carbon dioxide emissions have to be reduced to lessen its effects.

And if you didn’t quite understand the above points, just know, that it’s ‘COOL’ to be eco-friendly these days! So if you’re not a part of the eco-friendly team, join now! I promise you two things:

1. You’ll be the coolest person around.

2. It doesn’t take much effort or money. It’s free of cost and guess what, there are unlimited seats!

Just remember. For every tonne of paper used for recycling, the savings are:

• At least 30000litres of water

• 3000 - 4000 KWh electricity (enough for an average 3 bedroom house for one year)

• 95% of air pollution



What can I do to reduce the amount of paper being wasted?

1. Try not to use as much in the first place! Use the back of sheets of paper as well as the front - look to see if that piece of paper you were going to put in the bin could be used as scrap paper for many uses. For example, to make a shopping list, to jot down your dental appointment or to leave a note for someone.

2. Buy recycled paper products wherever possible.

3. Reuse envelopes - sticky labels to cover the old address and re-seal the envelope are widely available, also made from recycled paper. Many charities sell them, so you can support them at the same time.

4. Playgroups and schools may appreciate being given odd rolls of wallpaper, or any other kind of paper, for painting on or for other uses in the classroom. They are also often glad to receive newspapers to cover the tables for craft activities.

5. When you buy a pint of milk or a soft drink, think about the container it is in. Is there an accessible recycling bank for the packaging, or might you end up throwing it away? It would be better to choose the product in the container you know you can dispose of locally for recycling.

6. Contact The Mailing Preference Service (details under further contacts) to avoid receiving unsolicited mail.

7. By putting a "no junk mail" sign by your letterbox you can cut junk mail such as pizza delivery leaflets by around 90%

An Act of Bravery

Cafe Coffee Day

A lot can happen over coffee
A lot that changed my life

2 years and 8 months - that's exactly the amount of time I brewed myself at a place where young love blossoms / abhimanyu meets sarika on a blind date / Mr Tripathi is enjoying the morning newspaper sipping a hot cup of masala chai  / Sonu , Bunty and Preeti have bunked Mr Rao's boring lecture on economics / Rahul is late as usual and Shilpa is tired of waiting for him , but the cappucino is keeping her company /
This my friends is Cafe Coffee Day. Where on a bright sunny day a  17 yr old , confused , completely confused average looking chap decided to try out his luck and find out what fate had in store for him.

The Interview : -
He had to fake it ( not like an orgasm ) but with complete honesty , about his age - to make it as a suitable candidate for the job. Mr Amarjeet or Kamarjeet ( dont remember exactly ) stood near his reliable Bajaj chetak & asked the dude - so do you have a girlfriend & the reply was ..ummhh - "kinda"
That "Kinda" landed him his first job as a Team member ( Part Time ) @
Cafe Coffee Day - Music World , Pune
Work Hours : ( 4-10 ) with two 10 min breaks to either relieve yourself or grab a smoke whichever suits you.


3 months down the line :
Cold Coffee Machine , Hot Coffee Machine , preparing chillo mix , taking delivery of food items , table wiping, utensils washing, floor mopping, taking orders & serving orders, sweeping , preparing whip cream , kitchen order ticket , etc..etc.
Taught him the biggest lesson of his life -
There is Dignity of Labour in everything that you do !

Eleven Minutes

When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side.
I saw this happen today as the sun went down. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left !
No heron, no distant music. How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly.
Life moves very fast..It rushes us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.

PEPY - www.pepyride.org

Welcome to PEPY.
The idea for this organization started as a cycle trip across Cambodia. Six friends rode from the Thai border to Vietnam through the red dusty back roads of Cambodia to raise funds for educational projects. The team spent five weeks visiting schools and orphanages, teaching the first PEPY environmental lessons. This first PEPY Ride raised enough money to fund the construction of The PEPY Ride School in rural Chanleas Dai, Cambodia, which opened on December 31, 2005. Since then, PEPY has grown significantly, now operating as a non-profit organization (The PEPY Ride) registered in Cambodia and the US, and a responsible tour operator (PEPY Tours) that helps to fund educational initiatives in Cambodia.
PEPY stands for "Protect the Earth, Protect Yourself", an idea rooted in the lessons of the first PEPY Ride that taught about the relationship between the environment and our health. If you Protect the Earth, in effect, you also Protect Yourself. Our programs have grown to encompass much more than environmental education, but our basic ethos is still the same: by making small changes in our lives and continually striving to educate ourselves and those around us, collectively we can truly make a difference.
In our short history, we have learned a great deal about development strategies and how to implement programs. As our relationship with the community of Chanleas Dai grows stronger, the more effective and sustainable our educational programs become. The more we understand how our tours affect the communities where we work and the travelers who join us, the more responsible we can be.
So, to answer the question "What is PEPY?", we are an educational NGO funded through responsible tour operations. Or, we are an adventure voluntour operator funding sustainable educational projects. This hybrid model generates thousands of dollars for education programs in rural Cambodia each year, and connects travelers and supporters to the development initiatives that inspire them, allowing them to “be the change they wish to see in the world.”
PEPY’s work is made possible by our Khmer staff, our team of volunteer interns here in Cambodia, and the hundreds of virtual volunteers and past PEPY participants who continue to support us daily.

Make A Difference

Years of war have left many afghan childern mentally and physically scarred. Many parents have been killed or disabled and the poor still struggle to make ends meet. As a result , many parents have had to sacrifice their childerns education in order to put them to work.

The NGO "Aschiana" based in kabul was founded in 1995 to educate street & war affected youngsters. And for as little as $ 20 a month you can make a real difference to the life of an afghan child.

http://www.aschiana.com/

email : aschiana@yahoo.com.au

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