Plastics, glass, paper, Iron, pet bottles, and E-wastes are the several categories of inorganic waste that can be separated. Due to the country’s distinct market for every one of these items, it has value and competitive advantage in the market. The campus would benefit more environmentally and economically by the separation of the aforesaid materials within campus boundaries.
Figure 01. Placing the waste separation bins with standard color codes.
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Figure 02. Placing a separate PET collecting bin to the Campus.
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Figure 03. Constructing waste separation cabins for storing the recycle materials
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Figure 04. Commencing the separation and storing the recycle material
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Selling of inorganic material has been commenced in January 2022 with the old newspapers in the campus and other inorganic materials are being collected and stored for further selling at the storage.
Figure 05. Selling mechanism of inorganic material at Sri Palee Campus
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Sri Palee Campus – University of Colombo
Item No | Description | Qty (Kg) | Unit Price (LKR) | Amount (LKR) | Remarks |
01 | News Papers | 1518 | 30.00 | 45,540.00 | 04.01.2022 |
02 | News Papers | 612 | 30.00 | 18,360.00 | 29.03.2022 |