Neptune Papers bags Silver at NCE Export Awards

From left: Neptune Papers Manager Industries Aadhil Azeez, Neptune Papers General Manager Fazleen Majeed, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon (Print Media Partner) Deputy General Manager – Advertising Waruna Mallawarahchi, Indexpo Certification Ltd. Certification Manager Anura Amaradasa (representing Technical Committee of the Panel of Judges), representative from the Council to the Management Committee Dilshan Rajapaksa and Neptune Papers Manager Recycling Solutions Corporate Mohamed Sakkhaf 

Neptune Papers Ltd., the pioneer and one of the leading paper recycling companies in Sri Lanka, was named the winner of prestigious Silver Award in Large Category, Recycling Sector at the Annual NCE Export Awards – 2019 organised by the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka. The gala event was recently held at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo. 

Located at Sedawatta Road, Wellampitiya, Neptune Papers is a paper recycling company specialised in the recycling and shredding of commercial and residential paper-based waste materials in an eco-friendly and efficient manner mainly for export purposes. 

The company owns a high-tech commercial recycling facility including a shredding machine with a capacity of shredding up to a ton of paper every hour. Neptune Papers undertake the recycling and shredding of all types of paper-based material like box board, old corrugated cartons, printing off cuts, textile tubes and tea sacks. 

The company collects and recycles any type of paper waste accumulated anywhere islandwide. Recycling ine MT of paper waste saves energy and the environment unbelievably. The effect on environment is equal to saving 17 fully grown trees, 1,755 litres of oil, 4,000 kwh of electricity, 31,780 litres of water, three cubic metres of landfill and reducing greenhouse gas emission by one MT of carbon. 

“I am happy to say that this award is a valuable recognition for all our endeavors in the past to make this country a cleaner place by recycling waste materials. I must appreciate and thank all our staff and other stakeholders without whose support and efforts this achievement would have been impossible,” said Neptune Papers Ltd. CEO Rizan Jaufer. “If you are looking to permanently dispose of documents containing confidential information, our specialised service will shred and recycle such documents in a secure manner. Once again, I would like to thank all our long-standing stakeholders, who trust us for what we do,” he added.