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SRI LANKA’s ABC TO WORK WITH INDIAN GOV TO COLLECT EMPTIES
RE-NEW
STATION, a division of ABC Trade and Investments (Pvt) Ltd. engaged in
professional ink / toner cartridge recycling and which introduced the
printer cartridge recycling process for the first time in Sri Lanka, has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Central Environment
Authority in an e-waste management co-operation project.
Under this
project, the company will collect used and empty computer printer ink
cartridges and toner cartridges by placing a special bin at private and
state sector institutions. All these collected cartridges will then be
recycled, the company said.
ABC Trade and Investments (Pvt) Ltd.
Director / CEO A. Jayaseelan explaining the motive of this initiative,
said: “Most of the institutions regularly discard their used computer
ink cartridges and toner cartridges which is a waste of money and
hazardous to environment. In our project, we are focusing on reducing
e-waste while protecting the environment and saving considerable amount
of money to the consumer by reusing”
He said that by recycling
used ink/toner cartridges there is a huge protection of the environment
as it takes four gallons of fossils oil to manufacture a single
cartridge and over 300 years to biodegrade.“Re-manufacture enables us to
reuse the same cartridge multiple times and prevents wastage of natural
resources and landfill, as a developing country Sri Lanka too saves by
way of reduced foreign exchange spending,” he said.
Central
Environmental Authority (CEA) Chairman Charitha Herath said e waste is
rapidly expanding with the steady growth of new technology and the
extensive use of computer and electronic equipment. The CEA is
collaborating with 14 private sector parties on launching the programme
on e-waste management.
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