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Aspiring to Empower Communities : Achini's Inspiring Journey to Tackle Plastic Waste in Sri Lanka

Published in Development
Saturday, 09 December 2023 06:11
Businesscafe - Sri Lanka currently imports over 500,000 metric tons of virgin plastic annually, while only 33% of the daily 10,786 metric tons of plastic waste is collected as per industry reports. ...
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Hemas Partners with Eco Spindles to Combat Plastic Pollution

Published in Development
Friday, 28 July 2023 04:08
Businesscafe - Hemas Group partners with Eco Spindles to establish two state-of-the-art Baling sites in Ampara and Colombo. ...
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Hemas FMCG partners with Clean Ocean Force for a beach clean-up at Crow Island

Published in Development
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 04:46
Businesscafe - Demonstrating its continuous commitment to collecting plastic and tackling marine plastic pollution, Hemas FMCG joined hands with Clean Ocean Force for an extensive beach cleanup on 22nd July 2023, at Crow Island Beach, with the enthusiastic participation of its employees, interns from the MAS-Dialog-Hemas Summer Interns Programme,...
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Elephant House Partners with Viridis to Upscale Recycling Plant, Unveils Renovated Facility

Published in Food & Beverage
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 02:33
Businesscafe - Gunadamin Elephant House, the CSR arm of Elephant House, entered into a partnership with Viridis, one of Sri Lanka’s leading collectors & recyclers, to renovate and upgrade its existing recycling plant. ...
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Island Climate Initiative, USAID launch Plastic Innovation Challenge Seeking Innovative Solutions to Combat Plastic Waste

Published in Development
Saturday, 27 May 2023 03:41
  Businesscafe - Island Climate Initiative in partnership with the National Innovation Agency, John Keells X and MAS Foundation for Change and the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program, is supporting innovators to find creative new solutions to combat plastic waste with a recently launch...
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Eco Spindles concludes 8th annual Kataragama Waste Management Project

Published in Development
Wednesday, 17 August 2022 02:08
Businesscafe - Eco Spindles (Private) Limited, Sri Lanka’s largest plastics recycler, recently concluded its 8th annual Kataragama Waste Management Project by collecting 43,590 PET (polyethylene terephthalate) waste plastic bottles discarded at the scared pilgrim sites of Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Dewalaya, Sella Kataragama Temple, Wedihiti Kanda an...
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Elephant House and Cleantech launches a Recyclable Material Recovery Facility

Published in Food & Beverage
Monday, 15 August 2022 11:34
  Businesscafe - Elephant House together with Cleantech, recently partnered to operate another Material Recovery Facility (MRF) ” to further promote recycling and better plastic waste management practices across the country. ...
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Hemas Consumer Brands and Cleantech partner in plastic collection & recycling project

Published in Lifestyle and Fashion
Thursday, 21 July 2022 10:41
  Businesscafe - In its commitment to ensure the responsible disposal of plastic waste, Hemas Consumer Brands, a leader in Sri Lanka’s FMCG sector, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cleantech Pvt. Ltd., on 18th July 2022. ...
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Hayleys Aventura introduces Eco-One : newest weapon in plastic pollution battle

Published in Development
Tuesday, 14 June 2022 09:44
Businesscafe - Hayleys Aventura has introduced Eco-One, an innovative product developed in the USA, to help manufacturers mitigate pollution caused by the disposal of plastics, polythene and rubber – one of Sri Lanka’s most pressing environmental challenges. ...
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H2-Industries set to clear the oceans of plastic waste and produce clean fuel from innovative ship design

Published in Technology
Saturday, 21 May 2022 02:28
  Businesscafe - H2-Industries and TECHNOLOG Services, a naval architecture company, have joined forces to develop 3D designs for an innovative concept ship that will collect plastic waste that currently blights the world’s oceans and then converts it into clean hydrogen, allowing surplus hydrogen to be shipped back to shore. ...
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