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Eastern Province Governor leads plastic-mixed asphalt road paving initiative Source:FT From left: AGC Innovate MD/CTO Dr. Judith Samaranayake, Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath and Eastern Province Chief Secretary Thusitha P. Wanigasinghe  Eastern Province Governor Anuradha Yahampath initiated a sustainable solution to the ever-increasing waste plastic environmental menace by utilising green technology in converting waste plastic into an industrial raw material which becomes an additive to conventional asphalt, for road paving in EP. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Eastern Province Chief Secretary Thusitha P. Wanigasinghe and AGC Innovate Ltd. MD/CTO Dr. Judith Samaranayaka, at the EP Governor’s Office, Trincomalee.  The unique tripartite stakeholder model of the MOU ensures its long-term sustainability. The Eastern Province Governor’s Office represents the waste plastic source by virtue of the tonnage collected daily by the Pradeshiya Sabhas from households and industries while the Provincial Road Development Department represents the end user with AGC Innovate ...