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EDITORIAL
INSIDE STORIES
* UNDP and HELP-O collaboration to climate change mitigation and
adaptation through the bio gas
technology. 03 05
*Bio Gas Technology for household section... 06-07
* PET Plastic Bottles Recycle in Galle Fort08
*Go Green Project at the Welikada Prison. 09
* Womans endeavor of HOLDE Womens Co-operative Ltd in
Walawwaththa Branch 10
*Information Panel 11
The news letter of the organization shows good efforts that we are
implementing. HELP- O would able to take creative steps within very
short time and make a good discussion from top- level to grass root level
and we introduced much things and developed technology too.
HELP-O initiated a new as project climate change mitigation in Sri
Lanka through bio gas technology and project is implemented under
small Grants Project (SGP/GEF) of UNDP. Beginning in last month
constructed a bio gas plant in Nellikulam Navy Camp.
HELP O Eco Green Ltd is started a new bio gas program in private
sectors and government sectors in Sri Lanka. We have introduced bio gas
technology to the Welikada Prison.
The community network of the people has provided financial support to
the people who need to develop their self- employments. Many waste
management programs have been started in various places in Sri Lanka
by the company. Social movements also implement many other social
programs for the grass root level people. Micro finance is one of main
service that provide by the HELP-O. We have implemented other social
activity by providing the scholarship to enhance the children education.
UNDP and HELP-O Collaboration to Climate Change
Mitigation and Adaptation through the Bio Gas
Technology
Vulnerable to the climate change, climate change mitigation and adaptation have become
worldwide controversial topics. Bio gas can do considerable effects to the climate change
mitigation.
Naturally occurring GHGs include water vapor, ozone, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous
oxide. While these gases are what make life on the earth possible, a serious concern today is the
enhanced effect on the climate system of increased levels of the gases in the atmosphere due mainly
to human actions. GHGs whose increase is directly associated with human activities are carbon
dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Carbon dioxide is released to the
atmosphere when solid waste, fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas, and coal) or wood and wooden
products are burned. Carbon dioxide is also released in non-energy-related manufacturing
processes and in decomposition of an organic matter. Methane is emitted during the production
and transport of fossil fuels. Methane emissions also result from the decomposition of organic
wastes in an oxygen-deprived environment.
In Sri Lankan situation, municipal solid waste and other organic waste disposal in industrial
and institutional level have become a critical problem. Municipal solid waste, mainly disposed as
open dumping and institutional, industrial and domestic levels solid wastes, is also mainly open
dumped or burned by most of the people. Components of municipal solid waste in Sri Lanka are
organics in nature including food waste and garden wastes, which are degradable in nature
(Visvanathan, 2006 and Perera, 2003). At the same time, these different wastes come from various
places such as institutions (government or private owned), factories, and residences.
The most common practices in almost all municipalities in Sri Lanka are open burning, land
filling (not technical). These methods are not considered as environmental friendly since they
create serious environmental problems. About 85 % of collected waste in Sri Lanka is subjected to
open dumping (Visvanathan, 2006). This situation is one of the major factors which has effected to
greenhouse gas emission and climate change effects in Sri Lanka because GHGs are emitted directly
to the atmosphere through the open dumping of solid waste.
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Biogas is produced by anaerobic digestion with
anaerobic bacteria or fermentation of biodegradable
materials such as manure, sewage, municipal
waste, green waste, plant material, and crops. It is
primarily methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) and
may have small amounts of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), moisture. Biogas has
become an efficient waste management system by reducing GHGs to the
atmosphere.
HELP-O has become a leading NGO in Sri Lanka that working with
the bio gas technology. Our organization has taken an initiative to
implement a project under the bio gas technology and climate change mitigation as Assess the
capacity of the bio gas to mitigate the climate change and adaptation and introduce the most
effective standards bio gas plant with quality parameters. Project is implemented under Small
Grant Project (SGP) of UNDP. Project consists with research approach and bio gas plant
construction in selected areas which are vulnerable to the climate change.
A sample survey is conducted to measure GHG emission in selected bio gas plants which are
constructed by HELP-O. Sample of the survey is selected based on the capacity and input waste
categories of bio gas plants. Analysis of the survey is done with the support of University of Ruhuna.
Expected output of the survey is measure GHG emission level of different waste categories and
come up with quality parameters of GHG emission reduction through the bio gas technology. Install
a portable model of bio gas plant is a major project activity of this project. Sample model of this
portable bio gas plant developed with the support of university of Ruhuna. Portable model is
developed with the aim of popularizing of bio gas technology in Sri Lanka.
Survey result will be published at the national level and national level work shop will be
organized to this purpose. Awareness programmes are done through media documentaries and
releasing a booklet.
The project has specially focused on areas which are vulnerable to the climate change.
Three large scale bio gas plants are constructed in Nellikulam Navy camp, Mahawa Navy camp and
Kalpitiya Navy camp. Works of the Nellikulam Navy camp are in progress .75% of bio gas plant
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constructions works are completed in Nellikulam Navy camp. Technological improvements and
innovations of bio gas are done by using these bio gas plants. Bio energy village concept is also
developed through this project. Bio energy village concept is promoted to fulfill energy needs and
fertilizer needs of people. Popularizing this concept in vulnerable areas to the climate change will
be a better solution to climate change mitigation.
The project can take an initiative to climate change mitigation in Sri Lanka. Survey results
will emphasize capacity of bio gas to reduce GHG emission to the environment. Construction of
biogas plants in vulnerable areas to climate change, introducing portable bio gas plants,
popularizing portable bio gas plants and popularizing bio energy village concepts can do
significance change to climate change mitigation in Sri Lanka.
References
Wijetunga,S,Community Views and Attitudes for Waste Management Improvement in a Higher
Education Institute: Case Study
Jane H.,Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Associated with Livestock Waste Management
Systems: A Case Study for the Langerwerf Dairy Waste Management System
Visvanathan, C. (2006). Domestic solid waste management in South Asia,3 R South Asia Expert
Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Waterfalls are common when a river is young. At these times the
channel is often narrow and deep. Beautiful waterfall cascading down
the mountain slopes enhance the beauty of the hill country. The
geographycal formation of the island with tha central highly sloping
down to the coastal plains has resulted in several rivers and streams
startling from the central region flowing down the hilly slopes in a
radial patterns, creating beautiful waterfalls inseveral place in the hill
country.
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Thamali Anuradha
The developing countries are increasinghly facing problems
with energy supply. Their access to traditional cooking fuels such as
wood, agricultural wastes, cow dung, while commercial fuels are
expensive and their availability unreliable for the installation waste
treatment plants in all the households where there are bio wastes such as remants of food items,
cattle dung, waste water and etc available.
Technology
Domestic bio gas plants convert animal dung and human excrement at household level into
a combustible. This bio gas can be effectively used in simple gas stove for cooking and in lamps
for lighting. The residue of the process, slurry can be easily collected and used as a potent organic
fertilizer to enhance agricultural productivities.
Benefits
Bio gas plants give multiple benefits at the household,national level and global level.
Specially, women express great satisfacation, paticulary with the instant cooking aspects allowed by
bio gas which gives Financial and Economic, health, Environmental Benefits and etc.
Financial and Economic Benefits:
Also the bio gas gives financial and economic benefits. The primary impact of bio gas plants
on poverty alleviation is to reduce the economic and the financial costs expended on fuel for
cooking and lighting and to improve food security through increasing agricultural yields.
Environmental Benefits:
In addition to the improvement of the environment at household level, bio gas plants help to
reduce deforestration. Bio gas, which is produced on a susutainable basis as the carbon dioxide
associated with its combustion,is reabsorbed in the process of the growth of the fodder and food
for the animals and men.
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Bio Gas Technology for household Section
Nadeesha Dilhani
Project Details
Title Mr.Themiya Home
Location Dangedara-Galle
Project date 2012
Plant Capacity 08m3
Production 360kg/yr
Waste reduction 8500kg/yr
Methane reduction 720m3/yr
Saving 60,000 LKR/yr
Contact No. 0759489785
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Gonika Gonica tree is valuable tree among
herbal trees and it is enriched with a
great herbal value. Scientific name is
Hoya Ovalifolia. Leaves of the tree
are used as herbal drink after the
hacking of the leaves of the tree.
Enriched herbal value of this tree is
the treatment for Rheumatic diseases
and this tree has a herbal value for
blood purification. Leaves of the tree
have taken circular shape and small
scale leaves can be seen in the tree.
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Gonika Plant Gonika Leaves
In1973 the scientist in the U.S. invented a PET plastic bottle. It has 3 specific characters:
light, durable, and flexible. Thanks to the invention, it is easier to bring beverages, as a result of
which it has been used all over the world.
After consumers finished drinking contents in a PET plastic bottle, it has 3 possible fates: it
may be reused, recycled, or thrown away. The best way is to be reused, but if a PET plastic bottle is
used many times, it might cause a health risk for people who drink from it since it can be very
hospitable for bacteria. On the contrary, recycling rate in most of the countries and cities is low, as a
PET plastic bottle can be made easily and cheaply. Some programs have tried to accelerate the rate,
but not worked well. Therefore, a lot of PET plastic bottles have been burned to ash or dumped on
the roadside or in the sea.
A PET plastic bottle consists of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and petroleum. Above all,
petroleum is limited resources. According to the survey, petroleum will dry up in 52 years.
Someone might say it should be burned with other waste so as to make it easy to burn other waste.
To tell the truth, the ratio of petroleum is low, which means that it does not help burning other
waste much. Moreover, carbon dioxide is emitted, when PET plastic bottles are burned, so it is
better to recycle them.
Galle in Sri Lanka is also one of the cities where PET plastic bottles are not recycled. The
city is famous for its Galle Fort, which is built by Dutch in the 17th century. Many tourists visit Galle
every year. Annual average temperature in Galle is 26.7 degrees Celsius, because of which tourists
drink water in PET plastic bottles a lot when they walk around Galle Fort. After they finish drinking,
they throw away empty PET plastic bottles into trash boxes which are only one type. Now in Galle
PET bottles are burned to ash, which means they become just litter. However, PET bottles are not
waste but resources. They have a possibility to change into other products such as clothing, bags,
and business cards. They can be recycled.
To accelerate PET plastic bottles recycle in Galle, firstly it is necessary to collect PET
plastic bottles effectively. To collect them, there are mainly 2 solutions. First solution is to set PET
plastic bottles dust boxes. Second solution is to cooperate with restaurants and hotels. These 2
solutions can lead to recycle PET plastic bottles.
There will be no petroleum on the earth in the near future. However, when people make
an effort to reduce the use of petroleum and recycle products made from it. Petroleum can be still
used for a long time. Now is the time to recycle PET plastic bottles.
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PET Plastic Bottles Recycle in Galle Fort
Keisai Nakashima University of KEIO
Most of the people and institutions try to search
for renewable energy sources and sustainable
solutions to protect the environment and
natural resources in the world, which we believe is a good
step toward sustainable solutions. HELP O Eco Green
Company could reach many various sector with biogas plant
in Sri Lanka. We contacted Mr.Gamini Jayasinghe, Snr.
Superintendent of Prisons, Welikada Prison to get about
existing Bio Gas Plant.
This is actually a great opportunity to HELP O Eco Green Company to take hand with the
government sector to conserve the environment. The Welikada Prison is the largest prison in Sri
Lanka and the prison is administrated by the Department of prisons. In their eco-friendly way the
HELP O Eco Green was invited to implement a Bio Gas plant for organic waste in the Welikada
Prison with our technical supports. 22m3 capacity and also 500kg of waste can be dumped to this
bio gas plant and sponsored by Waste Management Authority.
The prison main problem was waste management. Also, fire woods and LP gas were other
problems because their cooking purpose. Now prison have a good waste management system. They
get many benefits from the bio gas. Also they can get organic fertilizer from the bio gas system,
which is another benefit from this program.
Moreover, some hotels cultivate vegetables. They use liquid fertilizer as manure for their
cultivation, which is a good step for that Government Industries taken to recycle waste in a
profitable way. This program is a great conservation for the earth care. Global warming, methane
gas emission, environment pollution can be reduced through this better
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GO-Green Project at the Welikada Prison
Nadeesha Dilhani
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solutions.
Ms. M.Hemanthi is a mother of three
children. Mr. Wasantha is her husband and he is
working as a mason. She is one of the early
members of Walawwaththa HOLDE Womens Co-
operative. She is an active member in its branch and
she has participated in a lot of social works for her
village with other branches members. Always, she is
a competent woman for her own work. One of our
reporters shared her ideas in this month.
Reporter: Why did you engage with our Co-operative branch?
Hemathi: I engaged HOLDE Womens Co-operative 07 years ago when Tsunami disaster
occurred. I was totally disappointed with that Tsunami disaster, because of which I lost my
job. I didnt have a stable livelihood at that time, for which was destroyed by Tsunami
disaster. Thats why I participated in the committee. We connected all small groups
together as a branch and I have engaged Pubudu group.
Reporter: Whats your present situation?
Hemathi: Im living happily with my family now. I participated in physiological programs
conducted by HELP-O to rebuild strong mind. After Tsunami disaster, my family didnt have
large sum of money, so I got the loan, Rs.35, 000.00 and I got many loans again and again,
which helped us rebuild our house. The loans were great helps for me. My family was
gradually well off and, I improved my business step by step with using the loans. I got a
loan, Rs.150, 000.00 at last month to rebuild the house and toilet. On the contrary, three
families are living in our house, which is a burden for on my family.
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Womans endeavor of HOLDE Womens Co-operative Ltd in Walawuwaththa
Branch
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Mr. Chathura Welivitiya
Editors
Nadeesha Dilhani
Thamali Anuradha
Kesai Nakashima
Photographs By
Janaka Chandrajith
Arosh Prabuddh
Sampath Athukorala
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