Waste Less Arugam Bay (WLAB): Bringing solutions to the waste issue

• Published date: 01 March 2020
• Publication title: Sunday Times

Every little bit helps when it comes to addressing issues of waste and once in a way solutions are found that benefit a community in a beautiful way. Waste Less Arugam Bay (WLAB) is one of them.

Perhaps the smallest possible waste management solution one could think of WLAB in reality is a simple channel through which to lower the amount of waste generated in a high tourist area. WLAB achieves this through an intervention approach, that is, practice waste management in public to initiate a change of behaviour.

'We all tend to never see the dimension of the waste problem because landfills are usually tucked away from the public eye,' the team at WLAB echoes thoughts adding, 'So what we do is we collect waste, try to add value through recycling where we can and offer and promote alternatives.'

The project is led by founder Henry, along with Aliyar who drives their collection vehicle, Jahan who operates the machinery on-site, and the...