Technical & Facilities

Technical Assistance Available from the following: - Ministry of Environment, No. 104, ParisaraPiyasa, Robert Gunawardena Mawatha, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka - Central Environmental Authority, No: 104, Parisara Piyasa, Robert Gunawardhana Mawatha, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka - Industrial Technology Institute,...

Export/Import Restrictions

Import restrictions for final disposal Annex IVA Sri Lanka ratified the amendment to the Basel Convention Decision IIII. Regulations are being formulated. The Department of Export and Import Control is in the process of drafting regulations under the directions of the National Coordinating Committee. Reg...

Environmentally sound management

Policies National Strategy for Solid Waste Management advocates reduction of waste generation over reuse, reuse over recycling and recycling over environmentally friendly final disposal. National Cleaner Production Policy, Strategy and Action Plan stress the adoption of methodologies to promote waste pre...

Reducing Waste Generation

Policies A National Strategy for Solid Waste Management has been formulated, where waste avoidance is prioritized over other forms of treatment and disposal. The National Cleaner Production Policy Strategy and the sectoral Cleaner Production Policies which cover major economic sectors health, agricultur...

Waste Definition

National definition of waste Waste includes any matter prescribed to be waste and any matter, whether liquid, solid, gaseous or radioactive which is discharged, emitted, or deposited in the environment in such volume, constituency or manner as to cause alternation of the environment. National definiti...