Sri Lanka, Jan. 19 -- In a bid to prevent the country's land and ocean from been polluted from excessive waste polythene and plastic waste, the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has urged Sri Lankan manufacturers to forward the list of environmentally friendly alternative products that can be used instead of polythene papers and plastic bags.

CEA, Director (Investigations) N.S. Gamage told Daily News Business that whatever precautionary measures brought by CEA to stop dumping used polythene and plastic to the environment without using proper waste management disposal methods, people do not listen to their requests and continue dump them.

'This situation is increasing the dumping of waste polythene and plastics to the environment eve...