E Waste Mega Action Day held at Nugegoda

E-waste refers to discarded electrical and electronic equipment which no longer serves its original purpose. The specific definition and categorization of E-waste varies from country to country, but typically refers to end-of-life electrical and electronic products including computers, printers, photocopy machines, television sets, washing machines, radios, mobile phones and toys, which are made of sophisticated blends of plastics, metals, and other materials. Due to the demand for newer technology, the life span of electrical and electronic products is progressively decreasing. Consequently, older and outdated items are becoming obsolete and being discarded in large quantities and at increasing rates worldwide.

This scenario gives a new urgency of creating awareness and future establishment of ambitious, formal, and regulated processes for collecting and managing e-waste through the setting up of efficient recycling facilities. In its bid to be proactive and forward-planning, Ceylon Waste Management (Pvt) Ltd has taken on the challenge of the e-waste problem and turning it into an e-opportunity.

Ceylon Waste Management Pvt Ltd ( www.ewaste.lk) offers 100 % environmental friendly e- waste recycling program for corporate sector organizations and they are corporate recyclers of number of leading companies such as Dialog, Suntel, Peoples Leasing, Dimo, Mas Holdings, Saatchi & Saatchi, Cell City, Prime Lands, Pizza Hut etc.

Ceylon Waste Management Pvt Ltd, the only company who can issue an internationally recognized BASEL annex vii document for waste recycling In Sri Lanka and they are the only e waste recycling company that has Environmental Protection Licenses (EPL). CWM has granted an exclusive facility by Sri Lankan Customs and the Board of Investment in Sri Lanka (BOI) to collect any obsolete from BOI companies/ factories easily now and their refining plant is in Germany.

Any company who has a requirement to get ISO 13001 environmental licenses, may have this BASEL annex vii document for E- waste recycling and this is the way of getting the GREEN approach to companies. Their process ensures the minimizing of natural resources requirement, emission of Green gases, minimizing the fuel requirement and so on.

The company was on an awareness campaign on e- waste recently at Nugegoda named the E-Waste Mega Action Day fist time in Sri Lanka, targeting schools, educational institutes, supermarkets and their customers in the areas of Nugegoda, Maharagama, Kalubovila, Dehiwala and Piliyandala.

All people’s Leasing branches collect the E-waste and people can submit all their e-waste such as electronic home appliances, computers, computer accessories, mobile phones, mobile phone accessories, vehicles, vehicle electric equipments and all office electric equipments to any People’s Leasing branch.