Go into the recycling of plastic waste; it's lucrative – Minister for Investors

Company News of Friday, February 22, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-02-22

The Minister of Sanitation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, encouraged the business community to invest in the recycling of plastic waste, because the sector is lucrative.

She badured investors that they would return their investment if they ventured into this area.

In addition to earning money, investments in the sector will also create employment opportunities for young Ghanaians, she said.

Speaking during an interview with Accra100.5FM parliamentary correspondent, Richard Appiah Sarpong, after President Nana Addo, Dankwa Akufo-Addo, delivered her speech on the state On Thursday, February 21, 2019, Mrs. Dapaah declared that the nation was in Parliament, and not just once a month, so I canceled the National Sanitation Day exercise. It was an exercise a month, but we think it should be a daily activity. "

"I will encourage investors to embark on the recycling of plastic waste. They have money for them. If they do, it will also create jobs for young people, "she added.

President Akufo-Addo said in his speech that Ghana would earn 2 billion GHS per year through plastic waste recycling.

He explained that converting plastic waste into other useful products would not only bring that money back to Ghana, but also provide opportunities for young people in the country.

To this end, the president said his government had taken steps to invest in recycling plastic waste.

He said: "There has been a significant improvement in sanitation although I recognize that more can be done. However, we are in the present situation: we have seen an increase in solid waste management from 16% to 53% and in the last year, 5,862 domestic toilets were built, compared to 1,698 in 2016. We will intensify our efforts to make Accra a clean city.

"In 2019, in addition to continuing to educate and educate people, we intend to use the regulations to impose cleanliness. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Sanitation collaborate to judge sanitation offenses. People who deny will be brought to justice and punished. So we will create a national sanitation brigade to help those who steal garbage cans on our streets. Thanks to these people, not only will we keep our cities clean, but we will also create jobs for our young people.

"Once the waste is managed properly and efficiently, we can then explore how to use the waste collected to advance the economy of our country.

"Looking around you will find that plastic waste is our biggest problem. We intend to solve this problem through internationally recognized priorities for waste reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and finally disposal. The government has developed a plastics management policy with the primary goal of meeting the challenges of global plastics management.

"About 82 percent of Ghana's plastic waste will be easily recovered and recycled with existing technologies into highly valued value-added products locally and in the West African subregion.

"A vibrant recycling industry in Ghana could recover nearly one million plastic waste from the environment and landfills, to recycle it into GHS 2 billion worth of basic products a year, creating many jobs in the world. 'economy. Currently, in-depth discussions are underway with investors on the main sustainable actions available to rid Ghana of this threat. "