Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri
Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri highlighted Sri Lanka’s high annual plastic consumption and stated that single-use plastic and polythene account for about 70 per cent of total use. Citing monthly usage figures for yoghurt cups, lunch sheets, and polythene bags, he asked the Ministry what specific measures have been taken to reduce single-use polythene.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, globally many countries rely heavily on plastic and polythene. Though Sri Lanka is small, we use around 1.6 million tonnes of plastic annually. My first supplementary is on single-use plastic and polythene, which accounts for about 70 per cent of total use. Monthly usage includes around 20 million yoghurt cups, 15 million lunch sheets and over 20 million polythene bags. What measures has the Ministry taken specifically to reduce single-use polythene?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 7 October 2025 ·No. 22573 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 October 2025. No. 22573. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9816