Our journey

Our journey

2010

CWM was incorporated as a dedicated e-waste recycling company under the BOI

2011

We started our initial pilot project at our 300-square feet building in Kottawa in the Colombo district

We conducted our first export project of e-waste to Germany

Our second warehouse was established in a 6000-square feet building in Kelaniya

2012

We moved our first factory to a 9000-square feet building in Kiriwaththuduwa

CWM acquired its first EVL (Environmental Protection License) as a waste management company in Sri Lanka

2013

The company sales revenue reached 25.271 million rupees with an annual recorded profit of 10.666 million rupees. The total assets of the company valued up to 33.997 million rupees by the end of the financial year (31/03/2013)

2014

Export Revenue ended up at 22% and Local sales revenue hit 78% of the total revenue of the company

The Company was honored with the “Merit Award in None Traditional Manufacturing Sector” at the National Business Excellence Awards ceremony

2015

CWM was once again recognized for its excellence and awarded the “Bronze Award in the Industrial Sector” at the National Exporters Awards 2015 (NCE Awards 2015)

2016

CWM was awarded the first global award for the “International Diamond Price for Quality” by the most prestigious “European Society for Quality Research” (ESQR)Refinery at Katunayake Export Processing Zone ( KEPZ)

CWM was yet again honored for its high-quality with “The Green Era Award” presented by OMAC in France

The company signed an agreement with the Board of Investment (BOI) to invest for setting up an E- Waste Processing & Precious Metal Extracting facility in the country

2017

The company increased its factory capacity up to 25000 square feet

CWM was honored with the “Mihisaru Award“

The company was further honored by becoming the “Gold Award Winner for Business Operations & Financial Results - Overall Medium Scale Enterprises” at the National Business Excellence Awards Ceremony

CWM was also presented the “Gold Award in the Non-Traditional Manufacturing Sector” at the National Business Excellence Awards Ceremony held in 2017

CWM started constructing its Precious Metal Refinery at Katunayake Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) on 1 November, 2017.

2018

CWM was honored with the “Green Apple Award” by the International Green Apple Organization in the United Kingdom at the British Parliament building.

The company relocated to its new factory in Kelanimulla

2019

CWM was one again honored with the most prestigious global award “World Green Award - Global Gold” by being selected as the Global Winner in Waste Management Segment in the world. The awards ceremony was held at the Ministry of Environment & Urbanization in Turkey

The company was yet again honored the “Green World Ambassador” title to support other industries to reach their sustainability goals by the Green Apple Organization in UK.

The Research & Development (R&D) Department was established to engage with industrial waste

2020

CWM holds patent rights for the processing of hazardous Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT)

The company also started the processing of CFL bulbs and mercury contaminated waste materials in Sri Lanka

2021

The company initiated the installation of machineries of Precious Metal Refinery at KEPZ

Ceylon Waste Management (Pvt.) Ltd acquired a property to establish a new e- waste pre- processing facility at Siyambalape (Biyagama) in the Gampaha District. The expected factory space will be 30,000 square feet.

2022

CWM started trial runs of the established Precious Metal Refinery