Impact Center by ZeroPlastic, Sigiriya
Sri Lanka's first plastic-alternative and traveller experience center in Sigiriya, connecting sustainable travel with Sri Lankan culture, craftsmanship and practical alternatives to plastic.
ZeroPlastic Movement · Sri Lanka
Zero Plastic in Nature, Zero Microplastics in Us
Sri Lanka's largest youth-led environmental movement, cutting single-use plastic at the source through education, policy advocacy, clean-ups and sustainable alternatives.
Our impact
A movement measured in people, not press releases
- 12,000+
- Change makers Activists engaged through ZeroPlastic clubs across Sri Lanka.
- 5 million+
- People educated Reached with plastic-reduction education and awareness.
- 300,000+
- Volunteers mobilised Taking part in campaigns, clean-ups and education drives.
- 1,000+
- Environmental actions Clean-up campaigns and environmental actions delivered.
Who we are
A volunteer movement for a plastic-free Sri Lanka
ZeroPlastic is a Sri Lankan environmental movement built on volunteers. We work to change everyday behaviour around plastic, push for the policy that makes that change stick, and build the market for local alternatives.
Our clubs operate across universities, schools and communities, giving the movement a permanent presence in Sri Lankan education rather than a series of one-off campaigns.
What we do
Four ways we cut plastic at the source
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Prevention
Awareness & education
Raising awareness and educating communities to refuse and reduce plastic use, to cut pollution and promote sustainable practices.
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Assessment
ZeroPlastic Certification
Certification in partnership with Control Union, recognising businesses committed to reducing plastic pollution.
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Removal
Environmental protection
Community-driven clean-ups and plastic traps that capture waste in waterways before it reaches the ocean.
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Reduction
Empowering alternatives
Backing the industries and innovations producing sustainable alternatives to plastic.
Advocacy & system change
Clean-ups treat the symptom. Policy treats the cause.
ZeroPlastic is not only a clean-up organisation. We work on behavioural change, policy advocacy and systemic solutions, because the plastic on a beach was a decision made somewhere upstream.
Make Extended Producer Responsibility mandatory
Advocating for mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility, so the companies that place plastic on the market carry the cost and the duty of recovering it.
End single-use PET water bottles in government institutions
Campaigning for Sri Lankan government institutions to eliminate single-use PET drinking-water bottles and move to refill and reuse systems.
Cut single-use plastic in institutional operations
Working with institutions and businesses to design single-use plastic out of everyday operations, rather than managing it as waste after the fact.
Promote reusable systems and alternatives
Making refill and reuse practical, and building demand for the local producers whose alternatives replace single-use plastic.
Shift institutional behaviour
Changing procurement habits, event practice and everyday defaults inside organisations, so reduction outlasts any single campaign.
Our movement
National campaigns, global days of action
World Cleanup Day
ZeroPlastic organises World Cleanup Day activities in Sri Lanka, mobilising volunteers nationwide for the global day of action.
SPOGOMI World Cup
ZeroPlastic Movement is the authorised Sri Lanka organiser for the SPOGOMI World Cup, bringing the global sport of competitive litter collection to Sri Lanka.
ZeroPlastic Clubs
A network of clubs across universities, schools and communities, giving the movement a permanent presence in Sri Lankan education.
Sustainable travel
Travel that leaves less behind
Travel Without Plastic
A personal commitment travellers can make to cut the plastic they use while travelling in Sri Lanka, from refusing single-use bottles to choosing businesses that have done the same.
Volunteer
Two ways to give your time
Volunteer in Sri Lanka
Join campaigns, clean-ups, awareness and education work, advocacy, research and communications, through a university, school or community club, or on your own.
International volunteering
Visit Sri Lanka, volunteer for the environment, and experience the country differently, through clean-ups, community engagement, education and Impact Center activities.
From our network
What Our Clubs Did
Projects, campaigns, clean-ups and community action led by ZeroPlastic clubs across Sri Lanka.
Projects
ZeroPlastic School Club Established at D. S. Senanayaka Vidyalaya
The ZeroPlastic Movement established a new ZeroPlastic School Club at Ampara D. S. Senanayaka Vidyalaya on 20 May 2026. The project, titled Green Wares Sch…
Projects
ZeroPlastic Movement Hosts Caption Writing Workshop
The ZeroPlastic Movement conducted UNLOCK Level 01: Caption Writing, a workshop focused on developing creative and effective caption-writing skills among p…
Projects
Own the Grow Project Distributes Mee Plants to Farmers in Udaperadeniya
The ZeroPlastic Movement carried out the “Own the Grow Project” in the Udaperadeniya area, a community-based environmental initiative designed to encourage…
Projects
Seeds of Change Project Brings Tree Planting Initiative to Kurundankulama Dhamma School
The ZeroPlastic club at Wayamba University organized the project titled “Seeds of Change: Green Roots for a Better Future” at Sri Sumangala Dhamma School i…
Artisan
Coconut Shell Bowl Making in Sigiriya: How Visitors from the US Learned Why the Coconut Tree Is Called the “Tree of Life”
US travelers with Aitken Spence joined a coconut shell craft workshop in Sigiriya, learning why the coconut tree is Sri Lanka’s “Tree of Life.”
Projects
Growing Green Little Minds Brings Environmental Education to Malabe Preschool Children
The ZeroPlastic Movement conducted Growing With You Phase 02: Growing Green Little Minds at Little Scholars Preschool in Malabe as an environmental educati…
Initiatives
The wider ZeroPlastic ecosystem
Each of these runs on its own dedicated platform. Here is what they do and where to go next.
Volunteers Academy
The youth-development and volunteer-development arm of the ZeroPlastic ecosystem, training the volunteers who lead campaigns and clubs.
ZeroPlastic Commitment Standard
A dedicated platform where organisations commit to reducing plastic and have that commitment recognised against a published standard.
Impact Center by ZeroPlastic
Sri Lanka's first plastic-alternative and traveller experience center, where visitors meet the craftspeople and alternatives replacing plastic.
Travel Without Plastic
A commitment for visitors to Sri Lanka to reduce the plastic they use while they travel.
Partner with us
Ready to take action on plastic pollution with us?
Whether you are a company, development organisation, financial institution, university, school, public institution, travel business, international organisation or community group, we would like to explore what we can achieve together. Tell us about your organisation, your idea or the challenge you want to address. Our team aims to respond within 24 hours.
Have a project, partnership or idea in mind? Start the conversation.