Inauguration of Pilisaru National Solid Waste Material Management Programme

The inaugural ceremony of the National Solid Waste Material Management Programme Pilisaru, organized by the Environment & Natural Resources Ministry and the Environment Development Authority was held on March 24, under the auspices of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidents Office.
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Champika Ranawaka presented the Pilisaru National Policy to President at the event.
The President released Pilisaru Logo and presented awards to Local Government Institutions that actively participated in solid waste management. The Central Environment Authority Chairman Mr.Udaya Gammanpila, Chief Ministers of North Central and Central Provinces and Local Government Heads and Officials of the Ministries were also participated in the event.
The project, Pilisaru, is based on the capacity building of Local Government authorities with enhanced methodologies to serve in large scale garbage management processes.
A workshop was organized to educate the Local Government authorities of Gampaha and Colombo district of the Pilisaru waste management project recently. Minister Champika Ranawaka apprised the authorities of the necessity of implementing such a mechanism to overcome the emerging garbage problem both in urban and suburban areas.
The Authority is set to spend rupees one billion for 2008, and the total allocation for the project is 5.6 Billion for up to next 4 years. At the initial stage the Central Environmental Authority has identified sites to put up necessary landfills, said CEA Chairman Udaya Gammanpila.
"Composting and recycling are components of the overall programme, only the residue after composting of garbage can be directed to the landfills under the Pilisaru Programme," he said. The legal draftsman has approved the action plan with regard to this project.
Pilisaru Programme is a national approach for solid waste management in Sri Lanka. Although solid waste management is the obligatory function of the local government institutions, it is being poorly implemented, resulting in numerous environmental, health and sanitation problems.

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