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Bakery owner in innovative energy initiative

 

A Sri Lankan private bakery owner has turned an environmental hazard into a winning proposition -- transforming waste material from the bakery into a source of energy. K.M.G.P.Kariyawasam, from Moragoda, Gampaha who runs Priyara Bakery (Pvt) Ltd which also supplies cooked food, in addition won an award for this innovative approach at a Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) event last week.

The awards were given under the CCC project, Promotion of Eco-Efficient Productivity (PEP) funded by the Netherlands Government. The project not only traces and monitors large scale production processes but also helps small entrepreneurs who have successfully implemented waste management projects that has helped them improve the productivity efficiency, elimination of waste disposal to the environment and saving use of fossil fuel.

Under the project, Mr Kariyawasam seeing the environmental pollution by discharging waste water to the neighbourhood got several large bio gas production tanks constructed and released all the affluent water to these tanks which now produces enough energy to three 12 ½ kg LP gas cylinders.
Thw water also comes out as treated and is used to cultivate vegetable and fruits on a two acre plot.
At the CCC event, the Gold award was won by Industrial Clothing Ltd, the Silver by Hotel Sygiriya and the Bronze by the Associated Motorways PLC.


 
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