“The world has plenty of dreamers. And, while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.” Venerable Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Council Members, first, it is beyond a pleasure and an honor to be here to celebrate the University of Colombo post graduates …
To reduce and recycle plastic waste, and bid farewell to the plastic menace, the HDFC Bank partnered Eco Spindles recently. The programme will place plastic waste collection bins at selected HDFC Bank branches, where the bank’s customers can dispose any recyclable plastic waste such as empty PET water/ soft drink bottles, hand sanitiser/ hand wash …
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Eco Spindles (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of BPPL Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest plastics recycler, recently concluded its 8th annual Kataragama Waste Management Project by collecting 43,590 PET (polyethylene terephthalate) waste plastic bottles discarded at the scared pilgrim sites of Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Dewalaya, Sella Kataragama Temple, Wedihiti Kanda and the surrounding areas. The waste …
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Sri Lanka’s plastic recycling capabilities and infrastructure are set to soar with BPPL Holdings PLC, the country’s pioneer in the field, securing long-term funding of US$ 15 million from the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) of the United States of America. The funds raised from DFC, the development finance agency of the United States Government, …
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BPPL Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest plastics recycler equipped with one of only two plants in the world capable of creating polyester yarn directly from recycled PET plastic flakes, was presented the First Runner-up award for companies with an annual turnover below Rs. 15 billion, at the ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2021’, concluded recently. …
Nalaka Seneviratne, CEO Eco Spindles Yarn, shared his views on the ‘Influence of Circularity in Textile Innovation’ at a recent panel discussion during the 6th Responsible Fashion Summit held in Colombo. Joining him in the discussion was Moyne Perera, Stretchline, Paige Earlam, Plexus-Cotton, UK & Africa and Joy Nunn, Purfi US & Belgium. The Responsible …
Eco Spindles (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of BPPL Holdings PLC was triumphant in becoming the only Asian company to receive an IFS Change for Good Sustainability Award. IFS, a renowned international cloud enterprise solutions provider, introduced the IFS Change for Good Sustainability Awards in July ‘21. The annual awards hope to highlight the outstanding work …
BPPL Holdings PLC has been crowned as the only Sri Lankan company to have entered Forbes Asia’s 200 ‘Best Under a Billion’ list. The company is one of Southeast Asia’s largest brush manufacturers and Sri Lanka’s largest plastics recycler equipped with one of only two plants in the world capable of creating polyester yarn directly …
One of Southeast Asia’s largest brush manufacturers and Sri Lanka’s pioneer in recycled plastic products, BPPL Holdings PLC, recorded impressive key financial indicators for the 2020-21 financial year, while strongly positioning the business for its next phase of expansion. Overcoming pandemic-induced challenges, for the 2020-21 financial year ended 31st March 2021, BPPL’s Consolidated Revenue grew …
BPPL ON FAST GROWTH TRAJECTORY, POSITIONS STRONGLY FOR NEXT PHASE OF EXPANSION Read More »
As industrialisation and population increase, plastic consumption on the island has seen a 16% increase, with 265,000 metric tons are consumed annually resulting in the nation battling a threatening issue – the growth in irresponsible plastic waste disposal/management. Realising the damage this could cause, a young entrepreneur, Pathum Niranjana, started P&L Industries based in Athurugiriya …
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