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Waste-to-energy project to begin at
Kumasi
Kumasi, April 5, Ghanadot/GNA – The Kumasi Metropolitan
Assembly will commence work on a Waste-to-Energy project in
the middle of this year, Madam Patricia Appiagyei, the
Metropolitan Chief Executive, has said.
Under the project to be executed by Cinergex, a Canadian
company in collaboration with the assembly, large quantities
of solid waste generated in the metropolis will be used to
produce electricity which will feed into the national grid.
Mad Appiahgyei said this in a speech read for her at the
launch of a “Waste Separation Project”, a programme being
executed under the auspices of the Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with
Zoomlion Ghana Limited.
The project which is currently being implemented on pilot
basis in the Asokwa sub-metro area, seeks to examine the
potential for the implementation of an integrated waste
management system in the districts and municipalities.
It aims at sorting waste into plastics, food and organic
waste with the view to enhancing their re-use, recycling,
treatment and final disposal of various components.
Madam Appiagyei said KMA was committed to ensuring an
effective management of waste in an efficient manner to
allow for a clean and safe environment for an accelerated
socio-economic development.
She was not happy that inadequate financial resources to
support effective management of solid waste in the
metropolis often resulted in poor service delivery and a
huge debt accumulation to private waste collectors.
She charged research institutions and non-governmental
organizations to commit resources to partner the KMA to
address this challenge for the benefit of the metropolis.
Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, Vice-Chancellor of the KNUST,
expressed the hope that the waste separation project would
be replicated in all districts and municipalities to ensure
a drastic reduction in diseases associated with the improper
disposal of waste.
GNA
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