Srilanka, Jan. 31 -- The Climate, Energy and Environment Ministry, the Republic of Korea, through the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI), will provide US $ 4.7 million for a new initiative entitled 'Scale-up and Sustain the Low-Carbon Municipal Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery in Sri Lanka', which will be implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka together with the Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry.

The three-year project will promote sustainable, low-carbon and locally appropriate solutions to transform municipal solid waste management in two selected Local Authorities within the Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces.

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