Government Must Formulate Organic Waste Recycle Laws
Government has been urged to formulate enforceable legislations that would ensure that industries and companies would recycle organic waste generated ...
Tag: Electronic waste
Ghana’s Safi Sana Transforming Waste Into Energy
While the sanitation situation in Ghana’s capital, Accra, seem to be one of the toughest challenges to surmount with very ...
Gadget Mountain Rising In Asia Threatens Health, Environment
The waste from discarded electronic gadgets and electrical appliances has reached severe levels in East Asia, posing a growing threat ...
An Open Letter To The Minister Of Water Resources And Sanitation
Dear Hon. Minister: Congratulations on your appointment as the minister of water resources and sanitation! Your work is intricate than ...
New Contracts Might Lead To Judgement Debt
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has criticized the out-going Mahama government’s decision to sign an e-waste contract, days after it ...
New Contracts Might Lead To Judgement Debt
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has criticized the out-going Mahama government’s decision to sign an e-waste contract, days after it ...
Mahama Ayariga Defends ‘last Minute’ €18m E-Waste Contract
The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga has defended the government’s decision to sign a new waste ...
Mahama Ayariga Defends €18m Contract Signed After Defeat
Out-going Environment, Science and Technology minister Mahama Ayariga has defended the signing of an €18m waste management contract days after ...
$30m Agbogbloshie E-Waste Project To Create 400,000 Jobs
The construction of the US$30 million Agbogbloshie Electronic Waste project in the Greater Accra Region is expected to create over ...
Liquid Waste Still Deposited Into the Sea Despite Closure of Lavender Hill
The open-air faecal sewage disposal space commonly known as Lavender Hill in Accra is still operational despite the commissioning of ...
Gov’t To Construct US$30m E-Waste Facility At Agbogbloshie
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency, is set to commence the ...
Gov’t To Construct $30M E-Waste Facility At Agbogbloshie
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency are set to commission the ...
Accra Compost Plant To Become Waste Management Hub
One of Accra’s major challenges in solid waste management has been the unavailability of landfills. In the past, waste management ...
Meet Ashesi Lecturer Who Is Building Maker Spaces In Agbobloshie
In the heart of Accra lies Agbobloshie, a sprawling scrapyard once tagged as one of most toxic places on earth. ...
Emulate Nestls Business of Re-Using Waste Water
The Friday October 14, 2016 edition of The Chronicle carried a story with the caption, “Nestlé Ghana re-uses 30% of ...
Rethinking Solid Waste Management In Ghana
Ghana’s growing population, especially in urban centres, has over the years translated into the generation of huge amounts of solid ...
Germany Supports Ghana With €20m To Control E-Waste
Germany has earmarked €20 million to support Ghana to set up an electronic waste recycling facility which is one of ...
Solving Waste Menace; 1 District, 1 Waste Processing Plant
It surprises me why none of the political parties is presenting solution to one major problem which is shooting this ...
Agbogbloshie: A Local Solution For A Global Tragedy
While old electronics pile up and turn Accra’s neighborhood Agbogbloshie into the most polluted place on earth, international agreements trying ...
Swiss government and the European Union (EU) to Fund Restoration of Agbogbloshie Dump Site
The government of Ghana has received funding from the Swiss government and the European Union (EU) to manage electronic waste ...