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Thursday, December 9th, 2010R.A. Jayasinghe, N.J.G.J. Bandaraand W.A.S.S. Dissanayake, W.M.S.K.B. Wijekoon
Department of Forestry and Environment Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
All the goods we purchase today require some form of packaging in order to reach their final destination in our homes or workplaces. Despite the many functions served, there is a concern about the amount of packaging [...]
Eco friendly sewerage system for low income coastal community
Thursday, December 9th, 2010W.N.C. Apsara and B.C. Liyanage
Department of Civil Engineering, The Open University of Sri Lanka
The purpose of a sewerage disposal system is to carry human excreta & urine (Black water) and wastewater (Gray water) back to nature in a proper way without any harm to the environment as well as to human beings. But the implementing [...]
Influence of undergraduate activities on the waste composition and generation rates in a residential university: Case study
Thursday, December 9th, 2010S. Wijetunga and N. Liyanaarachchi
Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
The increase of waste generation and its disposal is a major problem and challenge faced by the most of the countries today.The uncontrolled disposal of different types of waste into environment is a great threat for the future of all living beings [...]
Assessing the role of environment regulation on firms private action towards environmental quality: Case of non-adoption of solid waste management practices by food processing sector in Sri Lanka
Thursday, December 9th, 2010J.M.M. Udugama and U.K. Jayasinghe-Mudalige
Department of Agribusiness Management, Wayamba University, Sri Lanka
Whether a firm takes private actions to augment environment quality, more often than not classified as a public good, in a situation where it can compensate the less significant losses in the market with relatively higher gains obtained through failures in government policy is [...]
Effects of modified artificial soils on compost worms: An approach to large scale worm production
Thursday, December 9th, 2010P.M.C.S. De Silva
Department of Zoology, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Vermicomposting is a viable recycling technique. Nevertheless it has a very little popularity in soil waste management process in Sri Lanka mainly due to the lack of large scale compost worm production. Substrate is one of the major factors that determine earthworm reproduction. Artificial soil made [...]
Utilization of earthworms in organic waste management
Thursday, December 9th, 2010P. Alagesaran and R. Deebha
Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Yadava College, Madurai, India
Vermicomposting is an ecofriendly, socially sound and economically viable technology to manage the organic waste resources. It is popular particularly in India, because it is the cheapest solution to overcome the dangerous effects of modernized agriculture. Vermicomposting is the application [...]
A comparative study of alternative waste management practices
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Kaduwela Pradeshiya Sabha
Kaduwela has become a popular, urbanized and industrialized area in the recent past which has lead to increase in the amount of solid waste generated in the area dramatically. The local authority faced with a severe problem of the final disposal of waste generated everyday.
To overcome the problem, the local authority has started [...]
Proper solid waste management practices implemented in Puttlam Urban Council
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Puttlam Urban Council
The total area of the Puttlam UC is about 25.24km2 which is divided in to nine divisions. In addition to the registered population of 56254, around 35000 displaced people of the Northern Province also live here. The town boundary ends with Colombo-Puttlam main road in south, Puttlam-Mannar main road in North and Puttlam-Kurunegala [...]
Increasing the quality of organic fertilizer produced from municipal solid waste and
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Balangoda Urban Council
Balangoda Urban Council had faced numerous problems due to protest from public due to dumping of waste near the sports ground situated at the center of the city. About 12 Metric tons of waste had been dumped there on a daily basis.
Since the Urban Development Authority has acquired this land for development purposes, [...]
Bioremediation of carbofuran by isolated bacteria from soil
Friday, February 5th, 2010L.M.A.M. Thilakarathne, P.M. Manage and J.A. Liyanage
Among available pesticides, carbofuran is widely used as a pesticide in all parts of Sri Lanka to improve the quality and yield of food crops by protecting against pests. Lack of knowledge on the fate and behaviour of pesticides in the Sri Lankan environment has contributed to public perceptions, [...]
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