As a second measure, plans are in place to design and implement a oneweek training programme in north rhinewestphalia on sustainable management of plastic waste. Top 10 waste management challenges ghana must overcome top. Issues and challenges of solid waste management practices. Municipal solid waste characterization and quantification as. It further investigates the social distribution of environmental. With respect to hazardous waste management, there are currently no clearly distinguishable methods for the disposal of hazardous waste. Assessment of the municipal solid waste management system in accra, ghana. Below is a list of the top waste management companies in ghana and their contacts. And that is because, ewaste from almost every part of the world finds its way into the country, potentially poisoning its land and underground water sources with a cocktail of heavy metal chemicals such as cadmium, lead, barium, mercury, arsenic and polybromynated flame retardants. The first phase of the project focused on the improvement of municipal waste management in the city of kumasi in ghana. Absence of a national policy and guidelines and standard operating procedures ii. Ineffective solid waste management remains a major challenge to many developing economies, ghana inclusive. May 27, 2014 solid waste management has over the years been an albatross around the neck of city authorities in ghana. It also highlights the amount and sources of plastic waste in ghana and discusses the options for sustainable plastic waste management in ghana.
Although accra provides full waste collection services in parts of the city, waste. Solid waste management in accra municipal solid waste. Pdf many cities in ghana have no controlled system for waste disposal. The main challenges lie in the persistence of informal recycling activities and connected adverse effects for humans. Characteristics and management of landfill solid waste in.
While waste management is a nationwide issue in ghana, its most obvious in accra, a fastgrowing city of four million that generates about 3,000. Particularly in accra and kumasi, where over 4,000tons of solid waste is generated daily, waste management departments still grapple with the collection of this huge amount of solid waste. Plastic waste management in ghana a complete failure and. General waste management in ghana is the responsibility of the ministry of local. Making waste management a priority issue at all levels of governance regional asean, national, and local level and the priority of the political and local community through the development of a harmonized regional, national and local waste management policy framework as. Domestic waste management strategies in accra, ghana and.
Waste management ghana list of ghana waste management. Pdf executing environmental policy and waste management in. Due to uncontrolled urbanisation, large quantities of waste are generated daily in accra, and this exerts much pressure on an over strained solid waste management system. For the waste characterization, samples from different areas and depths of the landfill, representing different ages of deposition were used. Information on general waste management policies and technological measures. Annual global ewaste management gem network meeting, july 15. Up to 20 representatives from public institutions, the private sector, civil society and the media in. Article pdf available january 2014 with 25,958 reads. Ghana to set up ewaste recycling plant ghana business news. Waste management ghana list of ghana waste management companies. Making waste management a priority issue at all levels of governance regional asean, national, and local level and the priority of the political and local community through the development of a harmonized regional, national and local waste management policy framework as per 3rs is critical to success. Even though advances in several areas of ewaste management in ghana have been made, important challenges still remain and need to be tackled. Solid waste management in accra accra, the capital of ghana, has over 2 million inhabitants, more than one. Solid waste management is a major problem in most areas of coastal ghana, where waste is dumped into drains that discharge into the sea or is dumped directly onto beaches.
Tema has been transformed rapidly from a small fishing village into an industrial nerve center of ghanas economy. Waste management as a social problem has neither spared the developed nor. However, we will understand in the next section that labour provision model in exchange for waste management services is a potential solution to the poor waste management problem in ghana. The study employed crosssectional survey covering both rural and urban districts in the ashanti and greater accra regions of. List of waste management companies and services in ghana. Management of waste in ghana proper ways of waste management is explained using the waste management hierarchy. In ghana, per capita generation of plastic waste stands at 0. Increased population growth and rapid urbanisation have resulted in increased generation of volumes of waste in our cities. Electronic waste management in ghana issues and practices 153 however, larry summers, a former economist of the world bank in 1991, reportedly justifies the economic sense of the exportation of ewaste to developing countries. Waste management sustainable development the united nations. Apr 12, 2018 ghana is a typical example of a developing country, where waste management is often characterized by inadequate financial and logistical arrangements, poor service coverage, operational inefficiencies, dearth of skilled manpower, lack of enforcement of regulations, and poor cultural attitudes to waste handling hardoy et al.
This is as a result of inadequate waste management infrastructure, low patronage of the few infrastructure available, and poor management. A seven weeks field research in ghana involving the use of semi. Waste management in tema ghana introduction tema is a coastal city, situated about 25km east of accra, it has a land area of 368. Comparative analysis of households solid waste management in. It also highlights the amount and sources of plastic waste in ghana and discusses the options for sustainable plastic.
Proposals for a sustainable management approach for ghana. Up to 20 representatives from public institutions, the private sector, civil society and the media in ghana will be invited to participate in the programme. Assessment of the municipal solid waste management system in. The report discusses the legal and regulatory frameworks for solid waste management in ghana. Ministry of health health care waste management in. Coupled with weak institutional capacity, and lack of resources, both human and capital, the city authorities face. Solid waste management challenges in urban areas of. Issues and challenges of solid waste management practices in portharcourt city, nigeria a behavioural perspective dr. Mar 22, 2018 while waste management is a nationwide issue in ghana, its most obvious in accra, a fastgrowing city of four million that generates about 3,000 metric tonnes of waste a day. Municipal solid waste management in accra, ghana, is at present delivered in an unsustainable manner. Sustainable management of plastic waste in ghana ghananrw.
Government policy and initiatives on ewaste in ghana by. Pdf solid waste management in coastal ghana semantic scholar. Waste management has become one of the biggest challenges confronting developing countries, including ghana. It has been a while, but in the week may 610, 2019 this mission was followed up by a market study on waste management and circular economy in ghana.
Due to uncontrolled urbanisation, large quantities of waste are generated daily in accra, and. Challenges and improvement opportunities for accra city mswm. This study examined the waste characteristics and the operational management at the oti landfill in kumasi, ghana. Assessment methods for solid waste management swm sys. Electronic waste management in ghana issues and practices. In order to set up sustainable change processes, the participation and broad support of relevant stakeholders and decision makers on site were initially ensured within the framework of a project preparation mission. It was headed by the minister of water and sanitation mr. Tackling ewaste management in ghana world resources forum.
Particularly in accra and kumasi, where over 4,000tons of solid waste is generated daily, waste management departments still grapple with the. A survey carried out in 2001 to assess health care waste management in health facilities in ghana showed that waste management practices were below acceptable standards and posed risk to staff and communities. Waste is burned in pits, dumped in random locations, or disposed of. Waste management is a very serious problem, which the country is finding very difficult to solve, despite the emergence of the various private waste management companies. The environmental sanitation policy of ghana 2010 and. Waste management is devoted to the presentation and discussion of information on solid waste generation, characterization, minimization, collection, separation, treatment and disposal, as well as manuscripts that address waste management policy, education, and economic and environmental assessments. It is estimated that throughout the country only about 10% of solid wastes gen. Solid waste management challenges in urban areas of ghana. Accras modern day waste management deficiencies has it beginnings in the 1980s when ghana was in a period of economic decline. Ghana has been cited as the country with the biggest ewaste dumping site in the world. There is however limited information on the characteristics of landfill waste in ghana. The consequence is an increase in vulnerability to sanitation related diseases such. The predominant wastes being domestic solid waste, industrial waste and construction waste.
Sep 19, 2016 in ghana, per capita generation of plastic waste stands at 0. Reliable national data on waste generation and composition that will inform effective planning on waste management in ghana is absent. Even though advances in several areas of e waste management in ghana have been made, important challenges still remain and need to be tackled. Alternatives for waste management guide g314 fahzy abdulrahman1 cooperative extension service college of agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences introduction this publication provides an overview of the reasons and ways to better manage garbage or other household waste. Solid waste management has over the years been an albatross around the neck of city authorities in ghana. To help obtain this data on a regional basis, selected households in each region were recruited to obtain data on rate of waste generation, physical composition of waste, sorting and separation efficiency and per capita of waste. It is a nationally and internationally accepted guide for prioritizing waste management practices with the objective of achieving. This study investigated the solid waste situation and the organisation of solid waste management in both urban and rural settings from the perspective of households. This study therefore chronicles issues relating to solid waste management, drawing experiences from wa, the regional capital of the upper west region. Ministry of health health care waste management in ghana.
Ghana 1999, the guidelines for the development and management of landfills in ghana, and the guidelines for biomedical waste 2000. Waste management practices in ghana international society for. Experienced in ghana over the past decade show how waste management is. Municipal solid waste management in the accra metropolitan. Within a period of fifteen years, accra has grown very rapidly with a population of about 5 million inhabitants. All these acts and regulations emanate from the national. Waste management options in ghana, future strategy imani. Situation analysis of the urban sanitation sector in ghana. The comparative analysis of solid waste management between rural and urban ghana is largely lacking.
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