Fisheries Industries waste
About Fisheries Industries waste processing of fish Products as well as removing of materials or equipment used in the fishing. According to reliable sources 4MT of waste generated daily at Colombo. Around 2.7million people are involved in this industry. 485000 tons for annum. How the Waste is managed in Sri Lanka (Current Situation) Dumping Sending […]
Glassware
About Glassware In Domestic, we use so much of glass bottels and other glass items, and so many grocery items including beverages are kept in glass, and also crushed bottels left and add to landfill. How the Waste is managed in Sri Lanka (Current Situation) In Sri Lanka, there are separate local vendors who buy […]
Coconut Fiber/Coir
About Coconut Fiber or Coir Machines are used to cocopeat – Root development of planets Coconut husks are defibrant mechanism to create a fiber How the Waste is managed in Sri Lanka (Current Situation) Cocopeat has a moisture retention capacity and it provides enough water even after two days of irrigation What we can do […]
Food Waste
About Food Waste Mainly food waste is generated by excessive buying and under consumption as well as lack of preserve and lack of knowledge. How the Waste is managed in Sri Lanka (Current Situation) Donate Throw or Dump Bio Gas Production Composite What we can do ? REDUCE : Consumer awareness on consumption behaviour. Community […]
Laminated Packaging
About Laminated Packaging It can range from food packaging to consuer product packaging including households, hotels and commercial center How the Waste is managed in Sri Lanka (Current Situation) Dumping or Burning Throw it in streets or water ways Dispose the waste to the energy planet What we can do ? REDUCE : Provide these […]
Industry Garbage & Pollution
About Industry Garbage It is mainly focuses on transportation, Garbage and Industry pollution. How the Waste is managed in Sri Lanka (Current Situation) Very Poor Management in Sri Lanka Very big problem of fuel management and available. What we can do ? REDUCE : Unnecessary vehicle should be reduced from Sri Lanka. Road traffic should […]
Tea Waste or Refused Tea
About Tea waste or Refused Tea Refused tea generated from black tea manufacturing process mainly at winnowing, color separation and fiber mat process steps. This is largely fiber component from mature tea leaves. During tea plucking if mature leaves picked that will add more fibre. Though it is from mature leaves it has contributed in […]
Shopping or Grocery Bags
About Shopping or Grocery Page We usually go shopping every week to buy stuff for day to day need that generate considerable number of shopping bags almost every week. How the Waste is managed in Sri Lanka (Current Situation) Collected by Local Government Authority every week. There are private institutions collects these stuff. What we […]
Polythene Bags
About Polythene Bags Air-tight container for the House Hold Items such as Food, Electronic Items, clothes, etc. How the Waste is managed in Sri Lanka (Current Situation) No generalized awareness of the waste management No Value in waste People depend on commercially available things What we can do ? REDUCE : Need a government policy […]
Problems and Solutions
“There are no problems without solutions; therefore, they are not problems; the real problem is many people are not aware of those potential solutions”. The Solution database is a crowdsource of potential solutions for Solid Waste related problems. There are many problems in the field of solid waste management as well as solutions are also […]