Mattakkuliya Canal 01 (Shed)
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Mattakkuliya Canal 01 (Shed)
Apparel brand AdoreMe Inc. sponsored the installation of two Ocean Strainers at the Mattakkuliya Canal, Mattakkuliya, in August 2022. A local entrepreneur collects the PET waste and resells it to a private sector plastic recycler. The rest of the waste is cleared by the Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation, which sends most of it to a waste-to-energy generation facility. As of October 2022, the larger Strainer at the Mattakkuliya Canal will divert an estimated 52,000 kilograms of waste from the ocean each year.
Mattakkuliya Canal 01 (Shed)