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Plastic recycling to save millions

Over Rs. 32 million worth of foreign exchange could be saved for the country annually by implementing the National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management Project (NPCPWMP) while generating a large number of employment opportunities, Chairman Central Environmental Authority Udaya Gammanpila said.

He said in 40 year's time there won't be any fossil to manufacture plastic goods and the country will have to manage this situation through recycling used plastics.

The prices of plastic will go up to the level of teak prices in the future, he said addressing the participants at an awareness program on NPCPWM Project at the Central Environmental Authority Auditorium in Battaramulla.

Sri Lanka imports 160,000 metric tons of plastic raw material and finished products each year and a major portion of them remain as Post Consumer Plastic Waste which causes severe environmental problems.

The objective of the project is to address the behavioural change necessary among the Sri Lankan consumers to ensure proper disposal of plastic waste and to put in place the logistics to enable the collection and recycling of post consumer plastic waste which will generate employment opportunities in recycling plants and foreign exchange savings to the country.

This programme was launched two months ago and currently it covers households in 31 local authorities in Colombo and Gampaha districts. There will be collection centres and warehouses in every local authority to maintain a smooth network of collectors of plastic waste from households and recyclers in the area will be informed about the plastic waste available in the warehouses.

It is expected to reduce the imports of plastic raw material by 20 per cent at the completion of the first year of the project.

The Central Environmental Authority has planned to share the knowledge of international expertise for recycling through technology transfer and cost effective methods that would be introduced for recyclers.

 

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