Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned an Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant (IRECOP) and Medical Waste Treatment Facility at Kperisi in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region.
Built by Zoomlion Ghana Limited in partnership with the government of Ghana, the plant will employ technology to recycle organic, plastic and other waste into usable raw materials to feed agricultural and other industries.
The 400-tonne facility is the 10th out of 16 to be completed and commissioned by Zoomlion Ghana Limited across the country.
The facility's commissioning was attended by traditional rulers, Heads of Departments, District and Municipal Chief Executives, and numerous people from various backgrounds.
Commissioning the facility, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, stated that the facility was in line with the government's vision of addressing the problem of waste collection and its management to ensure a clean and safe living environment.
“The President [Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo] declared his intention in the 2020 State of the Nation Address to construct 16 recycling plants and 14 medical waste treatment facilities across the country to help us deal with the problem of waste management and keep our cities clean.”
He stated that the President in 2020 undertook a tour of all 16 regions to cut sod for the construction of these facilities in partnership with the Jospong Group of Companies.
“And this is a demonstration of how the cooperation and the partnership between government and the private sector can bring benefits to the good people of Ghana,” Dr Bawumia added.
“The centralized medical waste treatment facility will serve the purpose of collecting and treating hazardous components of health care waste which includes used syringes, blood stained materials, pathological waste, and covid-19 waste and waste from vaccination exercise.”
The Deputy Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Amidu Chinia Issahaku, in his address, noted that the government partnered with the Jospong Group of Companies to construct these waste recycling plants across the country to be able to “manage our municipal and district waste across the country because we all know the importance of waste management and the danger it poses to society if it is not managed well.”
The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, said the plant would generate about 300 direct and 1000 indirect jobs for the teaming youth.
The plant would also serve as a research and technical centre for industry and academic institutions in the Upper West Region.
He mentioned that the plant will produce 960 bags of compost fertilizer daily, with a total of 9600 bags from the 10 plants nationwide.
The Upper West Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, noted in his address that the facility would reduce landfill waste and enhance agricultural productivity.
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