Navy on mission to transform Galle Face Green into plastic-free zone

The Sri Lanka Navy has taken initiative to keep the capital Colombo’s most attractive spot by the sea clean and free of plastic and waste.

The Galle Face Green and the adjacent beach area, which is most attractive to both local and foreign tourists, is heavily polluted by plastic and polythene substances.

As a solution for this problem, the Sri Lanka Navy on Tuesday placed creatively and beautifully produced garbage bins at the Galle Face Green.

Sri Lanka Navy said it is concerned about the non-degradable waste, plastic and polythene, and placed these creative garbage bins as a social responsibility project, to prevent disorganised garbage disposal by the public.

Since these bins have been produced to look like a big fish, people are attracted by them, the Navy said.

Through the initiative, the Navy expects to create a waste-free environment at the Galle Face Green and beach, which is crowded by local and foreign visitors.

Further, the Navy produces fancy items, flower pots, fence posts, and interlocks for gardens by recycling collected polythene and plastic, and also maintains few pre-processing centres for plastic recycling.

By conducting such programs, the Navy wishes to keep Sri Lanka a country free of plastic and polythene waste, and says it is the people’s responsibility to assist these efforts.