Municipality Solid Waste to Energy pilot project enters final stage

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The Municipal Solid Waste to Energy pilot project in Sri Lanka inaugurated its construction for the third and final stage of the plan at Kaburupitiya, Matara recently. The inauguration was held for the technological portion of the third phase of the project under the patronage of Central Environment Authority (CEA) Chairman D. W. Prathapasinghe with Biogreencycle Ltd. Chairman Michael Quyn and Managing Director Amindra Wimalasena also present.

The Municipality Solid Waste to Energy pilot project kicked off with the laying of the foundation stone in Kaburupitiya last August, in the presence of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma, CEA Chairman D. W. Prathapasinghe, the Mayor of Matara and other ministers, MPs and dignitaries together with the management of Biogreencycle Ltd. Biogreenycle Ltd., together with the CEA and the Matara Municipal Council, have come together in providing a solution for the country’s escalating waste problem with the pilot plant which is being built in Kaburupitiya in collaboration with ‘Deyata Kirula’, which is to be held in 2015. “This is part of a national plan to eradicate the ever-growing municipality solid waste issue and convert it into a source of renewable energy that will reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and help the country in its growth and create a greener tomorrow,” said Biogreencycle Ltd. Chairman Michael Quyn. Biogreencycle Ltd. is the company responsible for providing the anaerobic digestion process of waste to energy through this pilot in Sri Lanka. With the inauguration of the final phase of the plant it signifies the fact that the authorities are headed towards providing an optimistic greener solution and have given the country a self-sustaining solution that will not only help eradicate massive lands filled with dirt but also create a greener Sri Lanka.