E-WIS receives e-waste management licence

E-WIS obtained an environmental licence for e-waste management from the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) recently.

E-WIS together with their international business partner Lexmark is working on this environmental initiative since year 2006 in order to collect and recycle toner cartridges.

Under this initiative, customers are encouraged to return their used toner cartridges to E-WIS. Collected cartridges will be sent to the principal Lexmark to be recycled and re-used.

E-WIS-Lexmark collection boxes are placed in customer sites to make this process easy. Customers can earn Lex dollars by returning these cartridges which could be redeemed for any transaction with E-WIS.

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said, “Currently, the world is over dependant on fossil fuel but has now realized the importance of discovering green sources of energy. Global communities have got together and implemented strict rules and regulations to reduce green house gas emissions and to reduce the carbon footprint.

Especially, the export market of Sri Lanka also could be affected by these regulations unless we have environment, friendly processes and energy sources.

On this ground, we are looking towards implementing a green economy which will eventually result in our ultimate motive, Green Sri Lanka. Many initiatives are in place to make this motive a success and this venture of E-WIS is one significant milestone to mark our success,” he said.