The government will tackle the electronic waste and open defecation of Agbogbloshie

General News on Thursday, February 21, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-02-21

GNA President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that the construction of a state-of-the-art recycling facility in Agbogbloshie will begin in April.

The decision, he said, would help solve the problem of environmentally sound waste disposal and create more than 20,000 direct jobs through the establishment of badociated detention centers. in each regional capital and collection centers in each district.

President Akufo-Addo said the following during the State of the Nation Address in Accra on Thursday.

He said the facility was part of the government's efforts to comprehensively address the problem of e-waste.

"On August 20, 2018, I launched the national e-waste program to mark the start of two key provisions of Law 917 on the Control and Management of Electronic and Hazardous Electronic Waste.

"These provisions allow the external service provider to verify, evaluate and collect anticipated eco-taxes for recycling on all electrical and electronic equipment in all exporting countries".

As for open defecation, the president said that it was unfortunate that in 2019, the country had to come back on this subject, saying that defecation at the Free air could not be a feature of a country that was working to be economically transformed and had to be part of developed countries. the world.

President Akufo-Addo, said the government as well as stakeholders last year had built 35,862 domestic toilets to guarantee access to the toilet and reduce open defecation. .

At the district level, he said the community-led total sanitation program was being implemented in more than 4,500 communities in 130 districts to create open defecation-free communities.

President Akufo-Addo said the government and its partners will continue to educate and raise awareness of the need to end open defecation and enforce laws to ensure cleanliness. .