Zoomlion decentralizes operations from next month

All regional offices of Zoomlion Ghana would be operating as semi-autonomous entities from June 2013.

The various regional management teams of the foremost Ghanaian waste management company are expected to independently prospect for businesses to enable them generate funds internally.

Ashanti Regional Manager, Stephen Gyekye-Darko says the organizational decentralization process is to sustain the company’s operations.

He tells Luv News the region is ready for take-off, after two years of re-engineering the company’s regulations and operations.

Mr. Gyekye-Darko acknowledged the roll out would come with challenges, which he believes would be surmounted over time.

Under the new structure, the head office of Zoomlion will assume a supervisory role in coordination of activities of the regions for effective waste management.

Zoomlion Ghana currently engages about seven thousand contract staff and over 300 core employees.

As part of activities commemorating the 2013 May Day in Kumasi, Zoomlion engaged other sister organizations in a sporting and other fun games.

Participating institutions included, LESDEP, Plant Pool Ghana, Better Ghana Management Services and the Road Safety Management Services.

 

The annual event, according to Mr. Gyekye-Darko, is to keep workforce fit, whilst socializing for higher productivity.

He says the ultimate objective is to ensure the workers are healthy to delivery the necessary change and promote healthy communities.

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Ghana’s urban solid waste gets value addition

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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Zoomlion Ashanti seeks operational autonomy in waste management

The Ashanti regional office of Zoomlion Ghana says it is ready to emerge as an autonomous entity within the organizational set up of the foremost Ghanaian waste management company.

Regional Manager, Stephen Gyekye-Darko says after five years of operations, the region is poised to run its activities independent of regulation from the company’s head office in Accra.

The objective, he said, is to strengthen the regional operations for effective waste management, whilst the head office assumes a supervisory role in coordination of activities.

According to him, challenges in taking delivery of logistics and other decision making processes would be addressed when the region becomes autonomous.

 

Zoomlion currently engages about seven thousand contract staff and over 300 core employees.

Mr. Gyekye-Darko has identified poor public attitude towards environmental sanitation as major obstacle in efforts to keep the environment clean and green.

He announced the formation of Zoom Kids Clubs in the various schools this year with the aim of targeting the children as agents of change.

He however noted public education on sanitation will not yield the desired impact if not backed by law enforcement.

Story by Kofi Adu Domfeh