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| Sunday, 6 April 2003 |
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An alternative use for garbage Everybody likes to live in a clean and healthy environment, but this is very difficult to achieve due to the garbage and waste around us. The latest business venture to enter the market is Global Advanced Recycling Lanka Ltd, a Board of Investment-approved company, to manufacture a range of high quality organic and organic-enriched fertiliser using garbage. It will not only address the garbage problem, but also the high cost of fertiliser as the raw material for the fertiliser is garbage. The venture will be established in Katunayake with an investment of Rs 500 million and will provide employment to about 200 people. Chairman and Managing Director of the company Fred Elias said that all the machinery will be imported from USA, and will have the capacity to produce 300 tons a day. The machines are capable of producing one ton of fertiliser in six minutes. The machine can use chicken litter, fish waste, saw dust, paddy husk and thambili komba while the items that can be used to produce organic fertiliser are many and varied, he added. For example, he said, to produce a ton of fertiliser using chicken waste, it takes only six minutes with the machine whereas it takes 90 days to kill the bacteria in the normal way. The machine is safe and fast too, he added. The fertiliser will be certified by USDA, BVQI of Switzerland and SKAL of the Netherlands. Elias said that when organic fertiliser is used, the plant is revived and builds its own immune system compared to the chemical fertiliser where the plant becomes solely dependent on the fertiliser. The chemical fertiliser prices are also very high compared to the organic fertiliser prices. Clinically proven studies also show that chemical fertiliser leads to various diseases such as cancer and kidney failure. Most countries have banned the use of chemical fertiliser, he added. Tea, fruits and vegetables grown using organic fertiliser fetch high prices compared to produce grown using chemical fertiliser. It is also easy to export organically grown produce compared to chemically grown produce. he added. The fertiliser will be in the forms of pellets, granules and dust which will all be water soluble. All products will meet with EPA requirements and US standards. It will come in 25 and 50 kg packs for export and local sales and in two, five and 10 kg packs for use in home gardens. |
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