Waste Archives - Lanka Business News

July 9, 2024

Sri Lanka is gearing up to inspire and spur some of its talented youth towards innovation, with an aim to build a greener and more sustainable economy. A platform that has gained its spotlight is the Green Innovation Challenge by HackaDev, an overarching programme led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, […]

October 10, 2023

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has “adopted” a stretch of the Kalutara beach to ensure its maintenance in pristine condition free of waste and pollutants via a partnership with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL). As a corporate partner of BSL’s ‘Life to Our Beaches’ initiative, Sri Lanka’s largest private sector bank will fund […]

September 29, 2022

Where a great number of people are affected by hunger, reducing food loss and waste is essential. While expecting a food shortage due to hyperinflation, Sri Lanka’s total daily waste collection in the Western Province alone is 1300 tonnes, out of which 725 tonnes is food waste. The current rising food crisis […]

Trash to Treasure aims to contribute to a greener Sri Lanka by converting waste to charcoal briquettes

ComBank joins ‘Life to Our Beaches’ to maintain stretch of beach in Kalutara

On the ‘International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste’ the Dentsu Rise Up challenge shines light on this grave issue