Sri Lanka, July 22 -- The largest quantity of marine plastic waste collected following the MSC ELSA 3 maritime incident has been officially cleared for recycling, marking a major milestone in Sri Lanka's coastal clean-up efforts, Deputy Minister of Environment Anton Jayakody said.

Speaking at a special awareness programme held today at Sethapola, Puttalam, Jayakody said the government remains fully committed to implementing environmental policies to protect Sri Lanka's marine ecosystem.

The event marked the official transfer of plastic waste and plastic nurdles collected over the past year at the Central Waste Storage Facility in Sethapola for recycling. The waste was gathered during coastal clean-up operations led by the Marine Enviro...