Tag: Waste Management
UNDP launches initiative to support innovative waste management in Zambia
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday launched an initiative aimed at supporting start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises to improve waste management...
UNDP, others carry out waste management monitoring at TGH
A team of experts from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Health Facilities Regulatory Authority (HeFRA) and the Accra School of Hygiene has assessed...
Chemicals used for disinfection exercise not harmful
Mr Charles Asabre Ampomah, the Director of Sanitation and Waste Management at the Ga East Municipal Assembly, has said the chemicals used for...
Partnerships: a key to sustainable waste management in Ghana from UNDP
Waste management is becoming a critical challenge in many developing countries. In Ghana, it is estimated that the country generates about 30,000 tonnes of...
Sustainable Waste Management Has a Private Collaboration Hand
Dr Joseph Siaw Agyapong, Executive Chairman of the Juspong Group of Companies, has said to ensure sustainable waste management in the society there is...
UNDP endorses healthy waste management procedures
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has supported three health facilities with non-incineration waste management technologies (autoclaves) and other equipment to improve waste management...
Kenyan, Danish industrialists seek to promote waste management
Kenyan and Danish manufacturers wrapped up a day-long meeting in Nairobi late Monday to explore opportunities for a transition to a new plastics economy...
Ghanaian firm introduces scientific approach to liquid waste management
Waste management has become one of the biggest challenges confronting Ghana.
Increased population growth and rapid urbanization have resulted in increased generation of volumes of...
Hungary hope to build business ties with Ghana
Mr Peter Szijjarto, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary is to visit Ghana from November 30 to December 01, as part...
KNUST Students Join Campaign To Save Lives
Students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) benefitting from the Mastercard Foundation Scholars’ Programme, have joined the campaign to save...
Open Defecation Costs Ghana Over $79m Annually
Open defecation costs Ghana over 79 million dollars a year, a 2012 World Bank report says.
It is also estimated, that one in five Ghanaians...
MP Calls For Attitudinal Change Towards Sanitation
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona West, Mrs Cynthia Morison has expressed grave concern about the continuing littering on the streets of ice...
Ghanaians Admonished To Treat Corruption As A Sickness
Reverend Dr. Daniel Saaka, a Lecturer at the St. Victor’s Catholic Seminary in Tamale, has admonished all Christians and other religious leaders and well-meaning...
2 Organizations Team Up to Handle Issues of Waste Management
Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP), an integrated waste processing and recycling company, has signed an agreement with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science...
Changing the face of waste management in Africa
Imagine your rubbish bin telling the municipal authorities when it is full and needs to be collected, and municipal waste collection operations being able...
Show Interest In Waste Management Courses – Waste Management Expert
The Waste Management Director at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Mr. John Gorkeh-Miah, has challenged the Ghanaian youth to show interest in waste management,...
KMA Boss Makes Sanitation His Priority
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, has vowed to go the extra mile to rid the city of filth.
Environmental sanitation, he...
Experts urge actions to improve Tanzania’s waste management
Herman Huisman, a solid waste management expert from the Netherlands, said poor waste management in Tanzania, especially in Dar es Salaam, required urgent action.
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Hungary Seeks to Make Colossal Investments in Ghana
Mr Andra’s Seabo, Hungary Ambassador to Ghana, with additional responsibility over Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea and The Gambia, made this known to the Ghana News...
Ga West Assembly Contracts two companies on sanitation
The companies are Water and Sanitation for Urban Poor (WSUP) and Zoomlion who under the collaboration presented four motorbikes to the Assembly to enhance...
Tema Signs Deal With Israeli Government
The Israeli government, led by its Ambassador, Ami Mehl assented to an agreement that would strengthen collaborative efforts by Israel and Tema.
The Israeli Ambassador...
Environmental Stewardship is very key to sustainable development
The physical development of land as well as water resources can have a wide range of direct and indirect effects on ecosystems, biodiversity and...
MMDAs urged to prioritize sanitation programs
Nii Lante Vanderpuije, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has tasked Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to observe efficient waste management...
Solutions to Ghana?s Dilemma Is Waste Management
By: Laumdi Ghana
Last weekend the entire nation of Ghana embarked on a clean-up exercise that is expected to reduce the amount of pollution in...
Averda ready to?Africa with waste management solutions
Averda the global provider of integrated waste management services, showcased its new equipment dedicated to serve Casablanca, during an event organised by ?La Ville...
GLOPA Calls On AMA To Change Tactics On Waste Management In Accra
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has conceded to the call by the Global Peace Advocacy and Associates (GLOPA), an NGO that concerns itself with environmental...
NawaBin would develop a new culture of waste Management
Dr Bob Offei Manteaw, Director of Research, Innovation and Development at African Institute of Sanitation and Waste Management (AISWAM), says the National Waste Bin...
Ho intensifies campaign against cholera
Environmental Health Officers in Ho have begun a house-to-house sensitization campaign against possible outbreak of cholera in the Municipal area.
?We do not have any...
Zone leaders must be professionals
Nana Obrimpong Kanya II, Omanhene of Nchumuru Traditional Area, has advised Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company, to engage the services of graduates...
Tackling Waste Management In Ghana
WASTE management, a major component of environmental sanitation has over?the years been a terrifically headache for ghanaian, government, local authorities and people in general.while...