I liked a lot of what I saw in these cities, garbage wise. The streets were mostly litter free. The house we stayed at was separating organics, plastics, metals, etc for collection. The beach was mostly clean. And our host was proud to say that the jerseys worn by many national team athletes are made from 100% recycled bottles. Yay!
Sadly, things in Negombo are less good. There's a lot of garbage on the streets an
Google says that waste is managed at the municipal levelin Sri Lanka. It looks like there are some great e-waste initiates at the federal level. But it feels like there's a long way to go..
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2- This fun cage on the beach is meant for garbage. Cute. Well intended. But the spaces in the cage are so big. Individual bits of garbage just blow out.
3- In Negombo, the garbage container is pulled by this adorable tractor!
4- A bottle collection station in Negombo Lagoon. Great idea! Well used? It didn't look like it...
5- A sign in the National Museum in Colombo. Great awareness tool.
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