Emission Control in Sri Lanka - Interview with Dr.Thusitha Sugathapala, Director General Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority.
An expert committee appointed by the government to advice on enhancement of the quality of fossil fuels for managing air quality in Sri Lanka has found that 60 per cent of the air pollution in Colombo City was the result of use of fossil fuels as a source of energy.
The expert committee chaired by B.M.U.D. Basnayake, Secretary to the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy looked into such aspects as status of fossil fuel use, existing ambient air quality, impact on environment and the socio economic factors. The expert committee has submitted its report to the Cabinet Sub Committee chaired by Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha and included Petroleum Industries Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Technology and Research Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka and Transport Minister Kumara Welgama.
Digital SLEN had the opportunity to engage in a video interview with Dr.Thusitha Sugathapala, Director General Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority who is a member of the expert committee to enlarge on the subject.
The circular economy refers to an industrial economy that is restorative by intention; aims to rely on renewable energy; minimises, tracks, and hopefully eliminates the use of toxic chemicals; and eradicates waste through careful design. The term goes beyond the mechanics of production and consumption of goods and services, in the areas that it seeks to redefine (examples include rebuilding capital including social and natural, and the shift from consumer to user). The concept of the circular economy is grounded in the study of non-linear, particularly living systems. Read more...>>
A circular economy seeks to rebuild capital, whether this is financial, manufactured, human, social or natural. This ensures enhanced flows of goods and services. The system diagram illustrates the continuous flow of technical and biological materials through the ‘value circle’.
