Center for Environmental Initiatives (CEI)
Strive towards Sustainability
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Storage Center
In 2017 ‘Pilisaru’ project in the Central Environmental Authority agreed to collaborate with the University of Colombo to introduce a proper waste management system for the University. As a result of this partnership in addressing a nationally important environmental problem, the University of Colombo established a centre called “Centre for Environmental Initiatives (CEI)” to address the university-wide waste management problems. The Pilisaru project of the CEI provided technical and technological support in conducting a waste survey at the University of Colombo in order to identify the waste generation rate and the waste types at the University. An annual waste survey has been conducted by a group of students at the University of Colombo starting from the year 2017.
From the first waste survey, it was found that the generation of recyclable waste occurred at a higher level, and it was decided that having a waste storage centre (for recyclable waste) for the University was a timely need. Understanding the value of such an initiative the CEA provided funds to establish a waste storage center for the University of Colombo. The Waste Storage Center of the University of Colombo was opened for waste storage on December 13, 2019, by Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, Vice-Chancellor and Eng. J.M.U. Indraratne, Deputy Director General/Waste Management of the Central Environmental Authority.
Annual Waste Survey 2023 Annual survey on waste generation 2017-2019 Let’s Make Our University Greener – Awareness Program
ITEMS COLLECTED AND STORED AT THE WASTE STORAGE CENTER
| WASTE TYPE | CATEGORIES | REMARKS |
| Plastic | PET bottles | |
| Plastic gallons, chemical cans | ||
| Other plastic bottles and parts | ||
| PVC plastic | ||
| Yoghurt cups | Please remove aluminum foil needs to be removed and cups should be washed prior to storage to avoid contamination) | |
| Paper | POC papers (used A4 sheets, printing documents, magazines, Books) | Please make sure no food item is in contact with the collected papers (i.e. no food wraps should be included) |
| News papers | ||
| Cardboard | ||
| Glass | Glass bottles and Broken glass bottles separately by colour, as indicated below: – White – Brown, Yellow, Red – Green |
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| Window and door glass | White colour only | |
| Metal | Iron grade 1 | Hard material (H-Bar, L-bar) |
| Iron grade 2 | Less thickness | |
| Low grade metals | Tin and plates | |
| Aluminum beer cans | ||
| Aluminum hard | Al partition material | |
| Aluminum Soft | All other Aluminum products | |
| Copper grade 1 | ||
| Bronze |
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University of Colombo, 94,
kumaranathunga Munidasa Mawatha,
Colombo 03.
Telephone
0112506802 | Ext: 7053