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Lanka receives beach cleaning machinery to end plastic waste Source:Island Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage handng over the BeachTech Hydro Sweepy beach cleaning machinery to State Minister of Coast Conservation & Low-Lying Lands Development Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva. Chairperson of Marine Environment Protection Authority Dharshani Lahandapura also in the picture The Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) of Sri Lanka received eight BeachTech Hydro Sweepy beach cleaning machinery worth about US$180,000, donated by Singapore-based global non-profit, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste. The donation was formally handed over by Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage to State Minister of Coast Conservation and Low-Lying Lands Development Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva, and Chairperson of Marine Environment Protection Authority Dharshani Lahandapura at a ceremony held yesterday. ...

Aug 7, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Sri Lanka battles waves of plastic waste from burning ship Source:Island Tonnes of plastic pellets from a burning container ship swamped Sri Lanka’s west coast Friday, prompting a ban on fishing as international efforts to salvage the vessel dragged into a ninth day. The government announced the ban along an 80-kilometre (50-mile) coastal area, including Colombo, fearing contamination with pollutants and plastic waste from the stricken ship. “We will compensate the owners of 5,600 boats affected by the ban,” fisheries minister Kanchana Wijesekera said while adding that seafood currently in the market was safe for consumption. ...

May 31, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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