Eheliyagoda PS goes well with hard waste
Nimal WIJAYATUNGA- Eheliyagoda Special Corr.
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Eheliyagoda PS Chairman Sarath Sandanaike showing solid
waste stored in a hut. Pictures by Eheliyagoda Special
Correspondent |
The Eheliyagoda Pradeshiya Sabha and Eheliyagoda medical officer of
health launched a project to collect hard waste that do not decay
parallel to fertilizer manufacturing process from garbage.
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This newly designed compost container being supplied for
government institutions by the PS. |
The PS pocesses a large store full of solid waste such as pieces of
glass, empty bottles, tyres, plastic containers, bulbs, tube-lights,
empty tins, coconut shells as well as pieces of iron and aluminium
utensils. Eheliyagoda PS Chairman Sarath Sandanaike told the Daily News
that the PS possesses sorted out solid waste worth more than Rs.
500,000.
In keeping with the Dengue Prevention program, a series of garbage
collecting centres were established in villages and garbage will be
collected daily by tractors to be transported to garbage recycling
centre established in Kohiladeniya. |
