Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Chairman MP Ajith Mannapperuma, said in Parliament on Wednesday (5) that almost 4,000 plastic bottles are discarded from Parliament every month.
He said that about 4,000 plastic bottles including water bottles brought for use in Parliament are discarded every month.
Therefore, the Committee Chairman requested the Speaker to focus on introducing the use of glass bottles for the Parliamentary Committees.
Large bins for putting used plastic bottles collected in the Parliament complex were granted on Wednesday under the patronage of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
This initiative has been taken to mark the World Environment Day which was on Wednesday. According to the concept of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, the provision of large bins to store the used plastic bottles collected in Parliament complex was taken place through the financial support of Coca Cola Sri Lanka.
The plastic bottles collected in these bins will be purchased by Eco Spindles Pvt Ltd and the money is planned to be credited to a bank account for the welfare of Parliament staff. This project is implemented as one part of the programme of this Sectoral Oversight Committee to make the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Ratnapura, Matale and Ampara into model districts free of polythene and plastic waste.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said that this programme implemented on the World Environment Day is very important at the moment.
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