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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. ...