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A 50 cent plastic bag levy was implemented on 1 April 2015 across Hong Kong. The use of plastic bags dropped 90% after the introduction of the levy. [79] Signs show that Hong Kong is phasing out the use of plastic bags at a dramatic rate. A sign proclaiming that polythene bags thinner than 30 μm are prohibited in Kasaragod, Kerala, India.
Polyethylene was first synthesized by the German chemist Hans von Pechmann, who prepared it by accident in 1898 while investigating diazomethane. [12] [a] [13] [b] When his colleagues Eugen Bamberger and Friedrich Tschirner characterized the white, waxy substance that he had created, they recognized that it contained long −CH 2 − chains and termed it polymethylene.
In 2018 approximately 513 million tonnes of plastics wind up in the oceans every year out of which the 83,1% is from the following 20 countries: China is the most mismanaged plastic waste polluter leaving in the sea the 27.7% of the world total, second Indonesia with the 10.1%, third Philippines with 5.9%, fourth Vietnam with 5.8%, fifth Sri ...
Ksheera Sagaraya Kalabina (KSK), (The Milky Ocean Churned: Sinhala: ක්ෂීර සාගරය කැලඹිණ) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhala political, [6] magical realism film directed by Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by H.D. Premasiri for Sarasavi Cineru. [7]
Released on January 20. It is the first 3D animation movie using motion capture technology in Sri Lanka. [42] Vedi Nowadina Lamai: Indika Ferdinando Kalana Gunasekara, Anusaya Subasinghe, Jayalath Manoratne, Hemasiri Liyanage, Dayadeva Edirisinghe, Mahendra Perera: Children's drama Released on February 16. [43] Thattu Deke Iskole: Lalith ...
Sri Lankan Tamil cinema is a small filmmaking industry based in Sri Lanka, which has made under 100 Tamil language films as of 2013. [1] it is separate from its Indian counterpart, the Tamil cinema of Kodambakkam in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as many Sri Lankan Tamil actors work in Sri Lankan films or independent Tamil films overseas, although a few noted Tamil actors in India were born in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna-ruled (SLPP) government began losing the support of its key allies: 9 SLPP MPs decided to defect from the government and to work as independent MPs, while the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) and the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) left the government and moved into opposition.
The United States is the main importer of textile goods from Sri Lanka, accounting for 76% of total exports from Sri Lanka. As of 2009, Sri Lanka ranked 12th among apparel exporters to the United States in terms of value. [15] Sri Lanka's partnership was advanced in 2000 in part by setting up logistics centres at key US ports to smooth the ...