Zoomlion
Ghana, foremost waste management firm, has secured a land in the Bosomtwi
District of Ashanti to begin construction of a second sorting and composting
facility to serve the northern sector of Ghana.
The
company’s waste-to-compost plant in Accra is Ghana’s first registered Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM) project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the
country.
Ashanti
Regional Manager of Zoomlion, Stephen Gyekye-Darko, says the second plant should
be up and running by end of 2013.
Kumasi
generates an average 1,500 tons of solid waste daily. Haulage and management of
these waste materials at landfill sites have been a challenge to the
metropolitan assembly.
The
waste-to-compost plant, according to Mr. Gyekye-Darko, will convert organic
waste into organic fertilizer for agriculture production, add value to the
environment and generate employment.
“The
organic matter in the rufuse will be used as raw material for the plant; this
will go a long way to stop problems of getting land [for disposal] because very
small waste will be left that will be sent to the landfill site and it will
prolong the lifespan of the landfill”, he stated.
Gyekye-Darko
spoke to Luv News at the launch of a waste sorting and organic composting
project at Ayuom near Kumasi.
The
integrated household waste management project seeks to sort source waste into
plastics, food and organic waste, with the view to enhancing their re-use,
recycling, treatment and final disposal of various components.
It
is a under the British Council’s African Knowledge Transfer Partnership (AKTP)
programme, in partnership with the KNUST’s Department of Chemical Engineering
and Zoomlion Ghana.
AKTP
Associate, Israel Acheampong explained the objective is to solve waste
management problem in the country with the local community as a case study.
Project
Coordinator, Dr. Moses Mensah said the ultimate goal is to examine the
potential for the implementation of an integrated waste management system across
the country.
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by Kofi Adu Domfeh
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