Cabinet approval has been granted to set up a plant to recycle waste plastic and polythene using a 'Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Machine' at Pethiyakanda, Ratnapura.
The machine manufactured by South Korea-based Omega Energy Envirotec Institutewill be handed over to the Central Envionrmental Authority.
According to the President's cabinet proposal, the plant is expected to convert polythene and plastic into pyrolysis oil which can be used as fuel and carbon powder used in road construction.
The machine will be installed as a part of the National Solid Waste Management Project.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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