When you hear the term “Plastic pollution,” what do you feel? Did you feel something guilty about yourself? If your answer is “Yes,” at least you have understood the current pathetic situation in the world. If your answer is “No,” it is so sad to identify you as a “human being.” According to the UN...
Beach clean up program by Kelaniya Zeroplastic (Wellawatte beach, Colombo).
“Zero Plastic” is strengthened with more than 2000 undergraduates from universities in Sri Lanka and we are addressing and socializing the issues related to the use of plastics in a new way. Every month of the year we collect thrown away plastics from public places in Sri Lanka and hand it over for recycling. In...
The Ministry of Environment has initiated a program called A Discipline, Not Law
Every day the school system in our country discarded between 95-100 kilograms of empty carbon pens into the environment. Environmental scientists have confirmed that a carbon pen that is thrown into the environment takes about 450 years to decompose. The Ministry of Environment has initiated a program called A Discipline, Not Law ( නීතියක් නොව...
Imagine a world without plastic. How does it feel? Hard. right?
Imagine a world without plastic. How does it feel? Hard. right? Plastic is an addiction. More we demand them, the more we addict to them. People are more concerned about plastic than the environment they live in. Well plastic do make our lives easier and convenient. But with this kind of dependency, it will be...
Forestry Day Webinar with Leonie Vass, Manager – Sustainability and Innovation, Hayleys Fabric PLC
Leonie Vass, Manager – Sustainability and Innovation, Hayleys Fabric PLC , Sri Lanka & #SDG Pioneer 2021 for Responsible Production. This is your chance to see the world with her. So fold your hands with us On 25th March | At 7.00 p.m Register now via https://bit.ly/3tKkGQs
Steps into heal the waves of the Ocean
“Steps into heal the waves of the Ocean” Zero plastic University of Peradeniya along with the Leo district 306 Sri Lanka all 6 district together, gathers to raise their healing hands to heal the waves of Ocean *on 17th of March(Poya Day) 2022* in Islandwide beaches *from 8:00 am to 12:00pm* list of the beaches that...
Zero Plastic with Health X!
To commemorate World Health Day, HealthX has organized the ‘HealthX Prevention Run’ to raise funds for suicide prevention awareness in Sri Lanka. Zero Plastic us will join as a sustainable partner to raise awareness of the 3R concept , how to use minimum of plastic at te event and about the ongoing plastic crisis in...
Microplastics were found in human body for the first time ever
Microplastics were found in human body for the first time ever Scientists have discovered microplastics in human body for the first time. A Dutch study published in the Environment International journal examined blood samples from 22 anonymous, healthy volunteers and microplastics were found in nearly 80% of them. Trace of PET plastic and polystyrene was...
“Sayura Rakina Ralla” – Beach Clean-up
“Sayura Rakina Ralla” – Beach Clean-up Marine Environment Protection Authority which is responsible for prevention, controlling and managing pollution in Sri Lanka’s marine environment, conducts a monthly beach clean-up programme under the project “Sayura Rakina Ralla”. The programme of April of this series will be held on Thursday, 7th of April, 2022 from 8.30 am...
