Accra has no disposal sites, Knee-jerk approach not the solution - ESPA
Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) is urging government to abandon "knee-jerk" responses to Accra's perennial flooding and instead invest in long-term waste management infrastructure, warning that the capital currently has no disposal site for its daily waste. Ama Ofori Antwi, Executive Secretary of ESPA, stated that "Waste management is a daily affair. It cannot be treated as an emergency only after floods occur."
Ama Ofori Antwi revealed that Accra generates approximately 4,400 tonnes of waste every day, equivalent to about 4,400 'aboboyaa' loads, with each resident producing between 0.5 and 1 kilogram of waste daily. The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area has no final waste disposal site, forcing refuse trucks to travel to Nsawam to offload collected waste. Deteriorating road conditions along the route have reduced operational efficiency, with waste trucks now able to make only one trip a day instead of three. The situation has been worsened by the suspension of public cleansing activities and stalled desilting exercises over the past two years.
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The Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) is urging the government to prioritize long-term waste management infrastructure in Accra.
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