This Ministry has conducted an awareness program related to Plastic Waste Management, Food waste Management and Greening the Institution on 16^th March 2023 parallel with the Global Recycling Day celebration on 18^th March. The target group of this programme was the Development Officers (DOs) which work under the Ministry of Environment in Colombo, Gamapaha, Kaluthara, Kegalle and Rathnapura districts. The aim of this program is to make and increase the awareness on plastic waste management among the general public through Development Officers by increasing their awareness on this.

This was conducted under the “Marine Litter and Microplastics” (NORAD1) project in collaboration with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and HELP-O Sri Lanka.