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3R initiative at LIRNEasia seeks to make our environment more livable by advocating the application of the 3 fold environmental concept --reduce reuse recycle-- in all aspects of life by all sectors of society, and closing the gaps in 3R related information.
“Green Zone” at EDEX 2009
Written by sajeevani desilva
Sunday, 08 February 2009
Displayed poster
EDEX is an
exhibition held in each year for providing information on higher education and
career opportunities for the public who are interesting to continue studies in
local or foreign universities.
Royal
College Union who are Organizers of the EDEX 2009 has realized the importance
of demanding green education, skills and employment. So they had a stall in
EDEX 2009 to aware the people about how to be green lovers. They displayed
posters, banners all over the exhibition premises where BMICH in Colombo and
distribute leaflets as a part of green education. According to their view when
it comes to think green about living, there are 5 main areas where have a large
impact on Water, energy, Food, transport and waste.
Green Zone
is thinking of a new idea “Green & You”. it says about little things that
we can do but make a huge difference. Some of them are as follows.
Proper leadership and support
from politicians and administrative officers is a must for good performance
in solid waste management in local government agencies.
Balangoda U. C. president welcoming the gathering
Balangoda
urban council with the support of 3R initiative of LIRNEasia conducted a one
day awareness programme for higher officials of some local government agencies
on 27th January, in order to encourage their support in solid waste management. Presidents, secretaries and senior PHIs from
Anuradhapura and Kurunegala municipal councils, Chilaw, Haputale , Hikkaduwa, Kolonnawa,
Katunayake- Seeduwa, Kuliyapitiya, Paliyagoda , Panadura and Wattala –Mabola, urban
councils, Ambilitiya, Ehaliyagoda and Haldummulla pradeshiya sabhas participated at
this event.
PA collection centre, garbage collection from residences and recycling of plastic in progress
Falling international crude oil prices have
resulted in a drastic drop in price of imported virgin plastic and
these products are being preferred by buyers over locally manufactured
recycled material.
Many
of the leading local recyclers claim sales have dropped by as much as
70% on some recycled material as there has been a drop in price of
imported material by as much as 50%during the past few months.
Project Director of the National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management
Project, Roshan Gunawardena said virgin plastic prices have reduced
from Rs.300 per kg just a few months ago to as little as Rs. 170 to Rs.
110 per kg.
“Crude oil
hit a high of US$ 147 last year and now it varies between US $ 40 to
$50 per barrel. Because of this raw material prices have also fallen
dramatically,” he said.
Sri Pāda, Adams peak is one of
the most sacred religious places for Buddhists as well as Hindus and Muslims in
Sri Lanka. During the season from December to May, thousands of people visit
the holy summit of the mountain. However polythene that climbs up with these
masses does not come down with them. People dump the polythene bags, plastic bottles
and containers along the climbing paths. This has created big environmental
pollution in the surrounding area leading to damage to wildlife, sliding of
polythene heaps reducing natural beauty.
Raddolugama waste management
center of Katana Pradeshiya Sabha houses a large scale waste processing
machine which can process about 10 tons of waste a day. This has been constructed
by a Sri Lankan technician acquiring technology from Bangalore.
Seperation section
The structure consists of a waste
separation machine which allows efficient selection of nonbiodegradable from biodegradable.
Waste runs on a belt towards the crusher and on the way the nonbiodegradable
are picked up manually by the workers standing on special stages. Selected
waste is then crushed and transferred to the composting tanks. In the tanks
waste is mixed time to time with fully automated mixers and additional aeration
is provided with buried tubes in order to accelerate the composting process.
Waste problem is one of major problem faces the Municipal councils
of Sri Lanka because lack of space and resources also they had to expend huge
amount money for destroy waste but HELP‐O could able to find a sustainable solution for waste problem that
is community biogas program. For this program got huge publicity and many
organizations, people came to see the success of it.
Sustainable solution for irregular waste
While on that we got an invitation from the “Gampaha Municipal
Council” for explain what is the biogas units and its process and its benefits.
This municipal council is one of the major municipal councils of Western
province. The daily waste generation is more than 55 tons per day and they had
to expend huge amount money for destroy it the organic waste is more than 75%
on that time they consider about to construct biogas plant as a solution for
it.
After
the discussion which conducted between HELP‐O
and Gampaha Municipal Council they agreed to field visit on the date of 25th September
2008 they came for field visit.
Westport, Conn., this month
became the latest of a handful of communities to ban some plastic bags. The
bags, which have only a brief, useful life, can survive forever in landfills
and are of enormous concern to not only environmentalists but local officials
who are running out of places to put their trash.
Westport’s ordinance will take
effect in six months and applies to bags dispensed at checkout counters.
Others, like dry cleaning bags, will be exempted. The aim is to reduce litter
and encourage customers to tote their groceries in reusable cloth bags.
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