{"id":320485,"date":"2017-05-18T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=320485"},"modified":"2017-05-18T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T15:24:08","slug":"zoompak-opens-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/zoompak-opens-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoompak opens waste transfer station at Achimota [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Managers of Zoompak, a subsidiary company of waste management giant, Zoomlion has opened a new waste transfer station at Achimota in the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n<p>The company undertook the project with support from the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and in with collaboration with the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320489 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-8.jpg\" alt=\"zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-8\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This brings to two, the number of such stations opened by the company in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The facility which was inaugurated on Thursday is supposed to receive solid waste from refuse operators for onward distribution to treatment plants within the country.<\/p>\n<p>This comes on the back of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s promise of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa after his tenure of office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320488 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-7.jpg\" alt=\"zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-7\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> after the opening of the station, President of ESPA, Joseph Siaw Agyepong said Accra is inching closer to becoming a clean city with the introduction of such waste transfer stations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Achimota Transfer Station has come at the right time to help our members to improve on their collection of municipal solid waste\u2026It will ensure speedy collection and haulage of waste from the city, and begin the cleanest city agenda as envisioned by our government. We wish to assure the government of our continued resolve to support its efforts in making Accra the cleanest city in Africa. We believe that the vision is achievable and more facilities such as the Achimota Transfer Station would be needed in strategic locations to drive its fulfillment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_320492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320492\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320492\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-2.jpg\" alt=\"President of ESPA, Joseph Siaw Agyepong\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-320492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President of ESPA, Joseph Siaw Agyepong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Siaw further explained that the Achimota waste transfer station has a capacity of absorbing about 200,000 tonnes of waste every day \u201cwhich means that over 100 waste trucks of different sizes can dump for the facility daily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320486 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-5.jpg\" alt=\"zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-5\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He said the facility which will receive waste from Achimota and its environs will \u201ccomplement the 1,300 tonnes capacity the Teshie waste transfer station receives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320487 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-6.jpg\" alt=\"zoompak-waste-transfer-station-at-achimota-6\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Access to landfill site is a major problem confronting waste collectors within the Greater Accra Region which produces about 3000 tonnes of waste every day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Michael Tsatsu Axolu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managers of Zoompak, a subsidiary company of waste management giant, Zoomlion has opened a new waste transfer station at Achimota in the Greater Accra Region. 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