Palpa. Our kitchens, homes, offices, schools and factories generate garbage every day. Many are worried about where and how to manage it. While this is a matter of concern for some, there are those who see the future in the garbage.
Three brothers of Padmetari of Tansen Municipality-6 here have been searching for a seal in the garbage for the last five years. Sushil, Umesh and Tarzan Bhandari have been operating the Naples West Bank at Lamidanda of Tansen-7.
At a time when the market is being polluted by the daily waste generated from Tansen Market, the three brothers are collecting and processing kavadis to keep the market clean and clean. They have also registered industries and provided employment to some youths. They are collecting and processing unused items like paper, cartons, books, notebooks, iron pieces, glass, bottles.
All three brothers have studied up to graduation. Sushil, who is currently graduating from a diploma in mechanics, Umesh is currently studying in MA Economics after completing BSc and Tarzan has completed his BBA. But they don’t think of going abroad or getting a government job. The three brothers have the same idea of making Tansen a garbage-free city.
Umesh Bhandari, the operator of the collection, said that they classify the collected kavadi items and send them to recycling companies in bhairahawa, Kathmandu, Birgunj and other big cities. Some items are recycled on their own, he said. They have been earning rs 30-50 lakh annually from kavadi collection. They have employed six people to collect kavadi. Three Nepalis and three Indian nationals are employed here.
In the beginning, many people used to say that educated youths do garbage collection, but now many people have started praising their work after seeing their work. Recalling the early days, Umesh said, “Initially, it was not easy for us to do this work, no one thought that the educated youth would collect and eat kavadi, at that time neither the local government nor anyone supported us in the society.” It was difficult to explain to the family, rather some people in the society called us garbage collection as iron, plastic, bottle-picking kavadi. ’
Earlier, they used to look for customers to collect garbage. But now customers come to them in search of ‘recyclers’. More than two tonnes of kavadi are collected every day. They coordinate with the concerned companies for re-processing the collected waste by separating them on the basis of its type. They have been paying taxes to Tansen Municipality from the income earned from kavadi.
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