Sri Lanka- Controversy over news about the government’s intention to import organic waste from China

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), People’s Liberation Front, MP Vijitha Herath claims that the government is trying to import urban waste from China and label it as organic fertilizer, adding that the government is paving the way for deceitful businessmen to achieve various goals through the waste plan, as imported products from China are exported to other countries in the name of organic fertilizers, it is also planned to be used in Sri Lanka. For its part, the government stated a few days ago that Sri Lanka is not China’s landfill. Cabinet spokesman Mr. Keheliya Rambukwella stated that the government plans to bring in organic fertilizers and not Chinese urban waste and that the media is misleading the community with false information. While specialists pointed out that China uses human and animal waste to manufacture so-called organic fertilizers and urban waste, which is not organic. It is noteworthy that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed in May 2021 a presidential working group to find solutions to the problem of climate change in a plan to transform Sri Lanka’s economy into a green social economy, and the main task of the group is to create a roadmap for the complete transition from chemical agriculture to organic agriculture.