Sri Lanka Imports annually a considerable amount of plastic raw materials and finished products  and major portion of them remains as Post Consumer Plastic Waste which causes severe environmental problems. The objective of the National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management Project (NPCPWMP) is to address the behavioral change necessary among the Sri Lankan consumers to ensure proper disposal of plastic waste and to put in place the necessary logistics to enable the collection and recycling of post consumer plastic waste. This program envisages the maximum recycling of plastic waste which also generates foreign exchange savings to the country.

National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management Project, implemented by Central Environmental Authority began functioning on 21st May’2007. The Project was initially funded by 1% CESS imposed on imports of all Plastic raw materials and finished goods and thereafter it was increased up to 10% on reducing prices of virgin plastics due to a fuel price drop in 2009.  This project is being monitored by Plastic Partnership Committee the members of which were appointed from Private Sector and Government Institutions. Read More