Plasticcycle Archives

February 5, 2024

Plasticcycle, the social entrepreneurship project of the John Keells Group & The Pearl Protectors (TPP), held the official partnership ceremony of the “Cleaner Seabeds for Sri Lanka Expedition” on 30th January 2024. The ceremony was aligned with the 21st dive at the Palagala North Reef in Dehiwala and included an awareness session for the invitees […]

November 30, 2023

Plasticcycle, the social entrepreneurship project of the John Keells Group, concluded its inaugural Start-Up-Cycle initiative, with the Demo Day on 28th November 2023. ‘Start-Up-Cycle’, is the challenge platform of Plasticcycle, launched in collaboration with John Keells X, the Group’s start-up accelerator, and John Keells Research, the Group’s R&D and Innovation arm, with […]

August 23, 2023

On 21st August 2023 Plasticcycle, the social entrepreneurship project of the John Keells Group Launched one of its main projects for the year, “Start-Up-Cycle”, a challenge platform launched in collaboration with John Keells X (JKX) – the Group’s startup accelerator, and John Keells Research (JKR) – the Group’s R&D and Innovation arm. […]

April 26, 2023

Earlier this month, Plasticcycle, the social entrepreneurship project of the John Keells Group, entered into an agreement with The Pearl Protectors, a youth-led marine conservation organization that works to protect marine life and the ocean ecosystem in Sri Lanka, to partner on a project to remove underwater marine litter from sensitive marine […]

March 30, 2023

Colombo, 30 March 2023: Marking a milestone in their journey towards sustainability, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka (CCBSL) and Ceylon Cold Stores Elephant House (EH) created history in Sri Lanka as they joined forces to enhance recyclable plastic collection along the Central Expressway. The partnership marks the joint responsibility of CCBSL and EH contributing towards […]

August 9, 2022

Plasticcycle, the social entrepreneurship project of the John Keells Group, launched “Bin-novate 2022” in April this year, to commemorate the World Creativity and Innovation Day. The concept of the competition was to encourage the public, to submit design ideas for a bin to be placed in the coastal areas of Sri […]

June 21, 2021

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Plasticcycle, the Social Entrepreneurship Project of the John Keells Group hosted “Plastics: It’s Now or Forever” on 11th June 2021, a multi-stakeholder webinar in lieu of World Environment Day closely looking at the theme of ‘eradicating and mitigating plastic pollution to restore ecosystems’. The panel moderated by Talitha Perera – Executive Plasticcycle comprised […]

June 9, 2021

Hemas Consumer, together with the John Keells Group’s social enterprise project- Plasticcycle completed the expansion of the project’s plastic collection bin network to 25 new collection points in the financial year 2020/21. This recent expansion is the resultant effort of Hemas Consumer, a leading manufacturer in Sri Lanka’s home and personal care […]

March 24, 2021

Elephant House has pledged their support for Zerotrash in collaboration with ‘Plasticcycle’, the social entrepreneurship project of John Keells Group to promote recycling and better plastic waste management practices across the country. This initiative will be funded by Elephant House for a period of two years and will support the development of […]

The partnership between John Keells Group’s Plasticcycle and The Pearl Protectors completes 20 dives resulting in collecting over 1 MT of plastic waste from seabeds.

John Keells Group’s Start-Up-Cycle concludes with Demo Day.

John Keells Group’s Plasticcycle Launches Start-Up-Cycle: Empowering Innovators and Entrepreneurs to Tackle Plastic Pollution

Plasticcycle partners with The Pearl Protectors’ “Cleaner Seabeds for Sri Lanka” Expedition

Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka and Elephant House join forces to drive plastic waste collection together with Plasticcycle, The Road Development Authority and Eco Spindles across the Central Expressway

“Bin-novate” by John Keells Group’s Plasticcycle

Plasticcycle commemorates World Environment Day 2021 with a multi-stakeholder webinar to discuss plastic pollution and ecosystem restoration

Hemas and Plasticcycle expands plastic waste collection network

Elephant House steps forward with Zerotrash and Plasticcycle to invest in a collection centre for recycling