As a researcher and a foreigner, certain waste management practices at Kirtipur Municipal Waste Management Centre in Nepal, and characteristics of their waste collection were useful for me especially when realising the how efficient and effective our local waste management process would be, if applied to Sri Lanka.

The Negombo Harbour in Sri Lanka is one of the main destinations for the fishing industry in the country. The community was also known for its high usage of polythene and plastic and after the establishment of a bottle collector, within a span of 6 months, fishermen began bringing back 50% of PET bottles without dumping it to the sea to put it into the collector.