Waste management : a challenge for our water bodies

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Miriam OtooJanuary 17, 2014Colombo, Sri Lanka

Waste management: A challenge for our water bodies

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Solid waste

Liquid waste

Kinniya Hikkaduwa Eravur

Kinniya GampahaKalmunai

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From waste to resource

Co-composting

Safe organic fertilizer

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Safeguarding our water bodies

• Innovation pioneered by IWMI is informing improved liquid waste (septage) management in the national sanitation policy.

• National guidelines and manuals on septage management for safe disposal and/or reuse being developed.

• Close collaboration with the headquarters of FAO, WHO, UNEP

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ස්තූතියි Thank you

நன்றி�

Turning waste into an asset