Ceylon Waste Management



E-Waste Recycling

Recycling e-waste is a comprehensive procedure that requires attention-to-detail. Several factors including, environment impact, health & safety factors, and industrial know-hows are all combined to form a complete e-waste recycling program.

Electronic Waste Collection
E-Waste Recycling Facility
Electronic Components

About CWM


Ceylon Waste Management (Pvt.) Ltd (CWM) started out its venture in e-waste recycling and has now expanded with a capacity to recycle 25 million kilograms of Waste Electrical, Electronic Equipment (WEEE), annually. At present, the company is renowned as the largest e-waste recycler in Sri Lanka.


Unique Operations of CWM

  • Sri Lanka’s single precious metal refinery that uses e-waste as raw materials. We are also the largest precious metal refinery in South Asia.

  • All e-wastes are processed and treated locally, thereby providing the highest value addition to raw material (e-waste) export.

  • We have an environmentally approved recycling process in-house, for all collected e-waste items.

  • E- waste items are highly volatile and CWM has an R & D department and material analyzing laboratory to recognize unusual or new items to design a proper recycling procedure.


    • Impact of recycling of e-waste

    Electronic Waste Collection

    CWM is committed towards complete management of e-waste materials from a local perspective. Recycling of e-waste has become a key factor of circular economy. With 56.3 million tons of e-waste volume forecasted globally as at 2020, only a mere 17.4% are assumed to be properly collected and recycled. In Sri Lanka alone, 130,000 million tons of e-waste was forecasted to be generated, with only less than 10% being properly collected and recycled.

    E-waste recycling follows an exhaustive procedure which makes it substantial in terms of the local and global economies. E-waste materials consist of hazardous substances that need to be follow proper methods for recycling. These substances include heavy metals such as lead, mercury, or cadmium and various chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydro chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), and brominated flame retardants (BFR).

    CWM takes pride in achieving global awards for being recognized as a leading e-waste recycling organization with a complete in-house e-waste recycling facility to ensure high quality and standards along with safety measures, are followed.