Cleaner Production Centre to motivate industrialists

Ramani Kangaraarachchi

The future expectation of the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) is to motivate all industrialists to become environmentally responsible efficient enterprises through Cleaner Production (CP).

These industrialists could compete with any competitor in the global market, Director, National Cleaner Production Centre, Sri Lanka, Sena Peiris said.

The inauguration of the first ever National Roundtable Conference organised by the NCPC was held at the BMICH on Monday.

The NCPC has educated industrialists in promoting CP practices in industries over the years through dedication and commitment. Out of over two hundred industries that worked with the Centre several industries have successfully implemented CP to achieve excellent economic and environmental benefits.

Peiris recollected that NCPC had a small beginning five years ago when only a very few industrialists knew about Cleaner Production and this conference and the National Cleaner Production Awards Ceremony is the realisation of a long term objective of the Centre.

He said the roundtable brought several professionals, academics, and CP practitioners together to disseminate their knowledge and experience to a wider audience who could benefit to convert their industries to ecologically friendly and socially responsible enterprises.

Secretary, Ministry of Industrial Development W. Guruge said, the NCPC has carried out a yeoman service to industries in the country by helping them to reduce their waste generation and reduce the consumption of raw materials, water and energy.