We need a volunteer from each Pradeshiya Sabha. Please call 011-497-9795 or email info@3rasia.org if you can. As the 3R volunteer you'll focus on positives and report anything that the Sabha does to promote 3R. You may also inform and educate them and the general public to the extent possible. We'll give you all the support you need.
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.
How to collect recyclables-Moratuwa MC visits Balangoda UC
Written by chammi
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
Moratuwa Municipal Council is
in to a novel kind of recyclable management system in the Soysapura ward. A team
of delegates from Moratuwa MC paid a visit to the recyclable buying centre and
the store of Balangoda Urban Council on 23rd April in a bid to gather
more information required in this regard.
Mr. Ajith Chandrasona, member
of Moratuwa UC from Soysapura, Mr. Indunil and two other representatives from
Sarvodaya branch of the area, Secretary of Condominium Association- Block B,
and a representative from LIRNEasia comprised the team of delegates.
During this visit the team
studied various programmes and strategies adopted by Balangoda UC in collecting/buying
recyclables. Soysapura Environmental Friends are to launch their recyclable
collection programme soon. The delegates found that initiatives like school
point card system and buying centre exemplary for their new project, though the
programme is not a replicate of Balangoda recyclable collecting programme.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 13 July 2010 )
Handing over the Sampath Piyasas to community groups
Written by chammi
Thursday, 06 May 2010
Condition of the Sampath Piyasas in the Minuwangoda town located
in the main roads were not satisfactory few months ago. Minuwangoda being a hub to Jaela Negombo
Katunayake and Veyangoda roads gets a considerable floating population in the
town in the day. People on their way to
offices got used to dump their garbage bags in front of the Sampath Piyasa
making them popular dump sites. The situation brought the urban council an
extra burden on keeping the town clean and tidy.
As a solution now the
Sampath Piyasas have been located on inner streets. Responsibility of
management of Sampath piyasas have been handed over to the community in the
surrounding area. The situation is much
better now. Residents in the area now have a convenient way of disposing their
nonbiodegradables. Instead of garbage heaps council collects recyclable items which
generate money.
CBO rejuvenates Soysapura recyclable collection
Written by chammi
Sunday, 02 May 2010
Business planning meeting
Sarvodaya
(CBO) members of Soysapura, got hands in hands with us to see what an impact
can a CBO make on waste management performance in its’ area. After
several meetings, Municipal Member Mr. Chandrasoma, the solid waste officials of the MC, Sarvodaya
activists of the area and representatives of the condominium association have
now arrived at a milestone on the way to a recyclable collection programme.
School 3R programme, yet another novel idea of Balangoda
Urban council to improve waste disposal practices of its' community completed 4
months recently. The programme has been in operation in five schools in the Balangoda
urban council area from December 2009. Since then it has
distributed Rs. 8,000 among schoolchildren for recyclable items removing
4.5
tons of nonbiodegradables from waste stream.
Status of solid waste management of Balangoda Urban Council after ten years of commencement View
Last Updated ( Friday, 23 April 2010 )
Money from recyclables-Privileged waste collectors
Written by madushanka
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Think- seperating your own waste make my job easier and pleasant
After
initiation of source separation programme, waste collectors of Katana
pradeshiya sabha have understood the value of recyclables. They
consider it a privilege to work in waste collection carts and for them
having to work in a tractor is a punishment.
Katana
pradeshiya sabha possess a huge compost site, which was 100% automated
earlier but now functioning manually. Organic waste for compost
production is collected from the Raddolugama housing scheme. Garbage
collection and source separation procedures have evolved according to
this primary factor.
Waste is
collected separately as biodegradables and nonbiodegradables in the
Raddolugama housing scheme. Waste collection is done by carts and the
carts have been provided with large bins for collecting biodegradables.
During initiation of the source seperation programme, pradeshiya sabha
has distributed green bins to households in a selected part of the
scheme to collect food waste. Upon expansion of the programme
residents in other areas have been instructed to give their food waste
in separate bags.
A successful community based source separation programme-Badowita integrated solid waste management
Written by madushanka
Monday, 15 February 2010
Community
organizations can also play a vital role in managing the waste in their
localities. This success story is about a community organization in
Badowita area that has been implementing a successful source separation
programme since 2001. They have been able to achieve the support of 90%
of residents in the area and handle 1.5 to 2 tons of recyclables from
1600 households per month in an environmental friendly and profitable
way.
Ladies further seperation waste
Badowita is a densely populated area comming under the jurisdiction of Dehiwala
Mount Lavinia municipal council. The residents originally lived along
canal banks in Kilulapona, Wellawatta Redimola Watta and Wawul Bogaha
areas before they moved to Badowita under a
relocation programme carried out by the Law Land Development Board and
the Housing Development Authority in a bid to control floodsearly nineties.
Restarting
life in the new locality was a challenge. They had to face various
problems in getting their necessities fulfilled. To make a voice for
their issues people got together to form community development
organizations. There are six such community organizations that have got
together to form the Badowita United Community Development Society.
Through this, they have found solutions for most of the problems they
faced and solid waste management is one such area, the society had a
roaring success.
There were
heaps of waste along roads and community dumping sites before project
initiation. Upon request of the united society to Dehiwala Mount
Lavinia MC, Urban Development Authority, JAICA and Sevanatha has helped
the community to start this novel kind of source separation programme to solve the solid waste problem in their locality
