There is nobody to take responsibility for the tragic collapse of Meethotamulla garbage ‘mountain.’ If we are to avoid another Meethotamulla in the future, we need to have a clear understanding of who is responsible, and ensure that he/she/it is held accountable. The topic our first expert forum was accountability in solid waste disposal. It was held on June 02nd ...
Exactly one month after the tragedy of the Meethotamulla garbage dump collapse, we officially launched the Campaign for Sustainable Solid Waste Disposal. Press releases were sent to all the prominent news media in Sri Lanka. Press Release: Launch of Campaign for Sustainable Solid Waste Disposal (E) මාධ්ය නිවේදනය: තිරසාර ලෙස කසළ බැහැර කිරීම සඳහා වූ ව්යාපාරය ආරම්භය (S) செய்தி வெளியீடு: ...
Twenty five community leaders from across the CMC and suburbs met at the HARTY auditorium. Ms. Ganepola, the technical officer from the Solid Waste Division at CMC was at hand answer any questions. Mrs. Y. Sylvester, the director joined half-way through the program. Following questions were addressed at the meeting ~When can we expect to see a regular collection? CMC ...
For informing and to be informed by community leaders in CMC and other local authorities June 16, 2017; 300-600 pm Subasinghe Auditorium, HARTI, 114, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7 On behalf of the “Campaign for Sustainable Solid Waste Disposal” I cordially invite you to the above community leaders’ workshop. The participants at this workshop will include the ‘Colombo-Our-City’ ratepayer network and ...
There are so many ways to describe waste. Biodegradable v. Non-biodegradable Organic v. Non-organic Recyclable v. non-recyclable and so on. However, ask an average person and they are likely to say they separate waste as “kunu” v. plastic polythene.” They are absolutely right. These words capture the essence of waste generated in the household – (1) Stuff that goes bad ...
We understand that making food from home early in the morning and packing it in reusable containers and bringing them to work everyday is not always practical, and we end up resorting to kade buth packets. So here are a few tips to we can follow to make disposing these buth packets the eco friendly way! The paper cover of ...
If you put your food waste out for collection by the municipality it will make a stink right across Colombo as it gets transported to you don’t know where. Inside a compost bin your food waste will decompose in a controlled way making you a good bit of rich soil at the same time. You can maintain a compost bin even if ...
Colombo-our-city (CoC) is a network to share information about city services, and act more knowledgeably to make our city a better place. If you live in the city limits of Colombo and want to do something about the solid waste situation or any other issue about our city, this is your space. This network is administered by the Campaign for ...
The first strategy planning meeting of the Campaign for Sustainable Solid Waste Management was held at the LIRNEasia premises on Wednesday, 17 May 2017. Representatives from the organizing bodies, LIRNEasia, Sarvodaya and the FSLGA (Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities) discussed the long- and short-term objectives of the campaign. L-R: Nishantha Preethiraj (Sarvodaya), Prashanthi Weragoda (LIRNEasia), Vinya Ariyaratne (Sarvodaya), Sujata ...
