President inspects Kpone Landfill site

Kpone Landfill
Kpone Landfill site

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inspected the Kpone Landfill Decommissioning and Re-engineered project in the Kpone Katamanso Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region.

The President who visited the landfill decommissioning and re-engineering site on Thursday, October 22, 2021, was satisfied with the progress of work on the project.

The site inspection formed part of the President’s two-day tour of the Greater Accra Region.

President Akufo-Addo used the opportunity to have an experience of the new technology.

He was accompanied by the Ministers of Sanitation and Waters Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Local Government and Rural Development, Dan Botwe, and Greater Accra Region, Henry Quartey.

Work on the Kpone landfill started on July 10, 2020, by waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, through the initiative of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah.

When completed, the Kpone landfill site will use the latest landfill reengineering technology to cover the landfill in an environmentally friendly manner. It is the first of its kind in Africa.
The project, which is being executed in phases, will be completed by the first quarter of 2022.

Earlier, President Akufo-Addo commissioned the 20-million Euro Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP) at Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his administration’s commitment to continue partnering with the private sector to improve sanitation in the country.

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According to him, disposal of solid waste and the establishment of waste treatment facilities required huge investment, which government alone could not shoulder.

He, therefore commended Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), for its “relentless” efforts to support government to make Ghana the cleanest country in Africa.

The second phase of the ACARP, which adds 800-tons line to the existing 600-ton facility, will provide metropolitan municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) within Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) a viable and cost-effective alternative to dumpsites.

It will also increase the plant’s capacity to bridge the existing gap of untreated solid waste within the GAMA.

For his part, the Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, disclosed that the project was made possible with the support of their partners, Lubo Recycling Systems of The Netherlands.

He said the expanded ultra-modern facility will add 1400 more tonnage to its existing capacity of 600 tonnes of solid waste treatment, adding that this will further bring the total plant capacity to 2000 tonnes.

“Additional eight (8) equipment are being manufactured by Lubo Bollegraaf Group for the Integrated Recycling and Composting Plants (IRECOP) in Ho, Takoradi, Tamale, and Techiman among others,” he revealed.

It will help meet the growing demand for organic compost for soil enhancement, and also provide sustainable material and energy recovery solutions to the high or increasing levels of recyclables in our Municipal Solid Waste processing, he further added.

According to him, the newly expanded plant will have other new features including sorting, composting and plastic recycling to the existing structure.

Among other benefits of the project, he said, were offering sustainable material and energy recovery solutions to the high or increasing levels of recyclables in municipal solid waste.

The plant which started with a workforce of 150 will be adding an additional 200 more.

Dr Siaw Agyepong used the opportunity to express appreciation to the Ministers of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Greater Accra Region, Henry Quartey, and Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Dan Botwe.

He also commended his partners, Members of Parliament (MPs) in the various Parliamentary Select Committees under his scope of operations and Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) among others.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com

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