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Recycling in Sri Lanka

Monday, 27 April 2009
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Recycling in Sri Lanka

Our municipality changed how garbage collection is being done a couple of months back. We now have to separate out compostables (which we compost) from non-compostables. The non-compostables have to be further separated into the various types – plastic versus paper (which is actually a compostable, but also a recyclable, if we want to...
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For Your Entertainment. Cows And Garbage And Empty Lots.

Wednesday, 11 February 2009
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For Your Entertainment. Cows And Garbage And Empty Lots.

Garbage is a problem here. Sometimes, the garbage collectors skip a week. Or two. Sometimes, when they usually come on a Tuesday, for example, they show up instead on a Saturday. No announcement, no warning, no holiday. No known reason why other than because they felt like it. And because animals – cats, dogs,...
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Garbage and Recycling in Sri Lanka

Saturday, 7 February 2009
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Garbage and Recycling in Sri Lanka

About a month ago, we received notice that garbage pickup was changing. We now had to separate out our compostables from our non-compostables. Since I already composted nearly everything that could be composted, with the exception of some paper products and animal bones (chicken, fish, prawn), that meant that our weekly pickup would consist...
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