There is news about the Bono solid waste recycling project in eastern Ghana. According to Zoomlion, which is building the recycling plant, the work will be completed in August 2022. The subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) estimates the current level of progress at 95%.
The completed facilities are the composite unit, the medical waste unit, the administration block changing rooms and the power plant, which will be located on a 50-hectare site. “All that remains is to lay the tiles on the medical waste side,” says Esther Abayeta Asadoo, Zoomlion’s Regional Director (Bono).
Reducing waste pollution
Thanks to the Bono plant, 400 tonnes of solid waste per day can be recycled into fertiliser for agriculture or biogas. The plant will take in waste collected from the districts of Dormaa, Berekum, Wamfie, etc. The project, which will soon enter its operational phase, will also create about 50 direct jobs and 1,000 indirect jobs for Ghanaian youth.
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The construction of the Bono recycling plant is one of a series of projects being implemented by the Ghanaian government to recover solid waste. In fact, on 31 October 2022, a new e-waste recycling centre will be inaugurated in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The initiative under the National Integrated E-waste Management Programme aims to reduce the environmental impact in the country, ensure the transition of e-waste through appropriate and sound procedures, test a pricing or financing mechanism.
Inès Magoum