22 September 2010 09:05 am
Importers of Electronic goods such as air conditioners, computers and cell phones are to sign a MOU with the Central Environment Authority soon to collect, dispose and export e-waste, Environment Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said.
“The objective is to free Sri Lanka from hazardous e-waste as air pollution and health hazards through e-waste have become a growing problem in Sri Lanka. The danger is that the public do not know much about the danger,” Minister Yapa told Daily Mirror