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The 21 garbage containers that were illegally imported were ordered to be shipped back to the United Kingdom, Customs media spokesman and Director Sunil Jayawardanne said.
He said 263 garbage containers were illegally imported into the country in December 2017 from the UK and 21of them were re-exported by the ship SEAMAX NORWALK, (V/039R) last evening.
Court cases are ongoing with regard to the remaining 242 garbage containers out of which 112 containers are placed at the Colombo Port.
A total of 130 containers had been cleared form the Customs already and taken to the Katunayake Investment Zone.
According to Sri Lanka Customs, the majority of the freight containers imported into the country, in the guise of used mattresses, in fact, contained plastic and polythene waste. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)
Saman Monday, 28 September 2020 10:45 AM
Now that China has banned the importation of non-recyclable waste, Sri Lanka appears to be the TOXIC WASTE dumping ground of the western countries!
Saman Monday, 28 September 2020 10:53 AM
There was an interesting documentary on this recently by Singapore's Channel News Asia (CNA) titled 'Undercover Asia'. It describes how western countries are now looking for dumping grounds for toxic waste in countries like Sri Lanka, and Indonesia as China has banned the importation of non-recyclable waste.
laljee1959 Monday, 28 September 2020 10:58 AM
This is what yahapalana govt did for the country during their tenure. Bringing garbage from the super power s.
MN Monday, 28 September 2020 09:28 PM
And again here too, no culprits, no one arrested ,only reverse the criminal act,
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