Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- Plastic waste is a growing challenge for Sri Lanka's food sector, yet important gaps remain in understanding where and how single-use plastics are used, how they move through food value chains, and where interventions could have the greatest impact.Sri Lanka Tourism

Through the European Union-funded CIRCULAR project, new research will help address these gaps by generating evidence to inform policy, business practices and more sustainable choices. Three research grants totalling Euro110,000 will support university-led studies by research teams from the Agriculture Faculty at the Ruhuna University, and the Medicine Faculty and Computing Faculty at the Kelaniya University.

Together, the studies will examine the use, ...