Sri Lanka, March 9 -- The initial phase of a programme to collect and recycle plastic and polythene waste from all schools within the Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha jurisdiction was launched on March 6 at Mara/Maramba Junior School. This initiative, aligned with the 'Clean Sri Lanka' national programme, aims to transport collected waste to the capital for recycling.Sri Lanka manufacturing

The project was initiated following a concept and subsequent council decision by the Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Saman Kumara Suraweera.

During the first awareness session of the programme, students were educated on the environmental destruction caused by plastic and polythene. They received practical training on sorting and disposing of waste into d...