Sri Lanka, Feb. 16 -- The need to implement the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), a policy approach to make producers responsible for their products, has been felt strongly due to the continuous financial loss to the country from environmental pollution.

At a media briefing in Colombo on Thursday, marine conservationists and eco- activists said Sri Lanka had lost around US$ 500 million due to the non implementation of the EPR mechanism which aims to create a closed-loop system for plastic waste management.

"There has been a lot spoken about bringing in EPR laws but to date there is no way to curb the use of plastics and mitigate its adverse impact on the environment", Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) Founder Hemantha Withana...