{"id":17923,"date":"2014-05-12T14:26:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T14:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=17923"},"modified":"2014-05-12T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T14:29:43","slug":"accra-will-suffer-poor-waste-collection-till-ama-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=17923","title":{"rendered":"”Accra will suffer poor waste collection till …” – AMA boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents living in Ghana\u2019s capital city \u00a0will have to endure poor waste management processes\u00a0due to the lack of landfill sites, the Mayor of Accra has revealed.<\/p>\n

For almost a month now, refuse generated by residents have not been collected. Residents have been calling on the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to call the refuse collection companies to order.<\/p>\n

But it seems the companies are not to blame for the poor waste collection and residents in Accra will have to wait for a long time for an efficient collection system.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the\u00a0Cit Breakfast Show (CBS),<\/strong> the mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije said the only available landfill site in Kpone was recently closed by the Management of the site.<\/p>\n

”… for the past two weeks we have had to deal with the issue of dumping over there; the management of the place threatened to close the place two weeks ago because they have not been paid,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"Ghana<\/a>”This challenge will be with us for sometime,” he noted.<\/p>\n

According to him the Accra Metropolitan Assembly ( AMA) has however negotiated with the management of the Kpone dump site to allow for dumping of refuse.<\/p>\n

He also revealed that the AMA plans to construct an engineered landfill site with a recycling plant for the metropolis to ease the pressure on Kpone.<\/p>\n

”We are also bringing in 30 refuse [tracks] which will be punctual, which will be prompt, which will engage in efficient \u00a0and effective collection of refuse throughout the metropolis,” he added.<\/p>\n

Mr. Oko Vanderpuije said the Kpone site is currently the only appropriate landfill site for dumping of refuse.<\/p>\n

Asked when we should expect the situation to change in Accra, the AMA boss responded that ”we will continue to manage; we have to manage with effective collection of the refuse…”<\/p>\n

An urban specialist at the World Bank, Mr Emmanuel Nkrumah said the problem with regards to landfill is the management and planning of it.<\/p>\n

He advised that\u00a0 Accra is planned well and areas earmarked for certain necessary facilities like landfill sites.<\/p>\n

”The key to waste disposal and waste management is to Town and Country Planning and the Management it self,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Nkrumah furthered stated if the country cannot manage waste then recycling may be a big challenge. ”Recycling is very good only if we can manage and make sure that we can do the separation; but if a common landfill we cannot manage, one begins to wonder whether we can do the recycling.”<\/p>\n

He suggested however that Ghana can contract a private company to do the recycling.<\/p>\n

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By : Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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