5. Type of Local Authority Quantity by person(Kg/day)
Colombo Municipal Council 0.80
Municipal Councils 0.75
Urban Councils 0.60
Pradeshiya Sabas 0.40
Per capita daily generation of solid waste
6. Western Province 58.5%
Eastern Province 8.5%
Central Province 8%
Southern Province 7%
NW Province 6%
Northern Province 3.3%
Sabaragamuwa Province 3.2%
Uva Province 3%
NC Province 2.5%
Percentage of Solid Waste collected by the LAS
7. Objectives of the Pilisaru Project
• Preparation of national policy on Solid Waste
management.
• Preparation of strategies for the solid waste
management.
• Provision of training on effective solid waste
management including education and awareness for
relevant officers.
• Provision of necessary facilities for implementation of
solid waste management projects and programs.
• Strengthening the legal framework for solid waste
management.
8. Activities of the Pilisaru project
1. Provision of Proper Waste Management Facilities for
Local Authorities
2. Installments of Bio Gas plants for hospitals and other
government institutions
3. Provision of necessary instruments /equipments for
Local Authorities where compost sites are being
operated
4. Provision of Compost bins at low cost for local
authorities
5. Conduct Education and awareness programms
6. Awareness program on waste segregation at LA level
7. Project Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation
11. North central Province
District Waste
(Mt/Day)
No of
LAs
No. of Com. Plant Target
Waste
Mt/Day)
%
Anuradapura 64.7 19 14 (Camp - 3) 46.5 71.87
Polonnaruwa 17.5 07 02 12 68.57
Total 82.2 26 16 58.5 71.16
17. Uva Province
District Waste
(Mt/Day)
No of LAs No. of
Com.
Plant
Target
Waste
(Mt/Day)
%
Badulla 75.6 17 (Camp 1) 05 52 68.78
Monaragala 35 10 02 04 11.43
Total 110.6 27 07 56 50.63
18. Eastern Province
District Waste
(Mt/Day)
No of
LAs
No. of
Com.
Plant
Target
Waste
(Mt/Day)
%
Ampara 142.5 20 05 13 9.12
Batticaloa 136 12 01 09 6.62
Total 278.5 32 06 22 7.90
20. Present status – 120 compost sites (2008 -
2014)
• Number of compost plants being
in operation - 94
• Construction finished but compost production
to be started, Problem with Electricity, water &
access road) - 07
• Construction ongoing - 17
• Sites in which construction stopped( Legal Matters
Gallenbidunuwewa PS, Kalawana PS) - 02
21. Medium and Small scale Compost Plants (2008 -2014)
Alawwa PS compost plant Pannala PS compost plant
Kaduwela MC compost plant Balangoda UC compost plant
22. Compost plants established for the
government institutions (2008 – 2014)
Ragama Medical faculty compost plant Royal Collage compost plant
Ekala Air-force camp compost plant Galkulama Armed Camp compost plant
24. Major compost plants
Galle - Monroviyawaththa compost
site - 2012
Kurunegala - Sundarapola compost site - 2012
Kaluthara -Pohorawaththa compost site - 2010
A’pura – Nuwaragam palatha compost site - 2009
1). Provision of Proper Waste Management Facilities - compost sites
2008 -2014
25. 2) Installments of 22 Bio Gas plants for hospitals and
other government institutions (2008 – 2014)
Trinco Hospital General Hospital Polonnaruwa
Cancer Hospital Maharagama Gampaha Hospital
26. 3). Provision of necessary
instruments/ equipments for Local
Authorities where compost sites are
being operated
2008 - 2014
29. 4). Provision of Compost bins at low
cost for local authorities (2008 – 2014)
• Implementation of compost bin production
center at CEA premises from 01 /08/2014
30. 5). Conduct Education and awareness programms (2008 –
2014)
Mass Scale Awareness program
trough TV, Radio, News papers , posters,
leaflets
31. 6). Awareness program on waste segregation at LA level
6.1) Implemented first program in the Kaduwela MC and continued.
6.2 )Scheduled to implement in rest of LAs where compost production
take place
6.3 )To encourage the household dwellers for waste separation, 15000 bins
will be provided at LA level
6.4 )Inclusion of waste management subject for school curricular
6.5) Discussions held with NIE to include this to 6 subjects from years 6 to 9
32.
33. 7). Project Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation
7.1) Reviewing the progress of all compost sites at
provincial/district level
Covered three provinces and identified shortcomings in compost
sites and requests received through CLGs being processed.
7.2) All compost sites are being monitored monthly through
divisional environmental officers in CEA district offices
7.3) Inter-agency coordination meetings scheduled to hold with
ministry of local government and provincial council and waste
management authority in Western Provincial council
34. Kotawila Waste Management project 2014 - 2015
Central Environmental Authority Matara Municipality
Total Cost – Rs. 249 million
CEA – Rs. 126 million
Bio Green – Rs. 123 million
35. The dumping site as at 16th September 2014
View of capping from semi engineering landfill site.
36. The dumping site as at 16th September 2014
Work on the semi engineered landfill in progress
(change instructed as at last site visit has been incorporated)
37. The dumping site as at 18th September 2014
View of the capped area
