We are galvanising a very strong public objection against undignified waste disposal in the Accra metropolis, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has noted, adding that, persons caught in ‘fly tipping’ or ‘fly-dumping’ of waste at unapproved sites will be prosecuted or fine with very large the amount. Reiterating the President Nana Addo’s commitment to making … Read more
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has outsourced the cleaning of the capital to 11 private companies. This the assembly said was being undertaken in accordance with President Nana Akufo-Addo’s bid to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa. The assembly noted that people who generate waste will pay for the waste generated as the 11 … Read more
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government, has instructed the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to stop trucks from continually dumping fecal matter into the sea immediately. The Committee, lead by it chairperson, Patricia Appiagyei, said it was unacceptable for trucks to use the sea as their final disposal site for liquid waste when a new … Read more
Waste management firm, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has refuted claims it has refused to collect waste for disposal within the central business district of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Earlier reports suggested a possible cholera outbreak following the failure of authorities to collect waste from waste containers for the past two months. John Gorkeh-Miah, Director of … Read more