A new waste management company is to set up a multi-million dollar waste processing plant to generate energy for domestic and industrial use in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
The company, Paninvest Panoil, Ghana, has completed feasibility studies on the project and has declared that it could access raw material for generation of power from Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi. Apart from the investment, the investors said the company would provide more skills training and job opportunities for the , if the company was granted the permit to operate in the country.
The investors from Italy and their Ghanaian partners were led to the Palace of the Omanhene of Essikado, Nana Kobina Nketsia V, by the Co-ordinating Director of the metropolis, Mr Clement Dandori.
Mr Samuel Martin, the Managing Director of the company, said various sources of generating power were very injurious to the planet, and, therefore, the time had come for the world to adopt other sources which were environmentally friendly.
He stressed the need to change the mindset of the people about how to handle the waste they generated in their homes, and if possible recycle it for other uses.
Mr Martin said he had met with players in various sectors of the economy and after going round the country, the investors would apply to the Ministries of Health, Energy and Environment and science for permission to commence business.
“Our problem is that various communities are badly littered because those who generate the waste have no use for it, but if they know that liquid gas could be generated out of the waste they would change their attitudes and habits,” he said.
Mr Martin said if that was achieved the fight against filth to ensure clean environment was half won and the health of the people would improve.
He said apart from Sekondi-Takoradi, Accra and Kumasi, they would also move to the Volta Region.
Explaining their mode of operation, Mr Martin said they would establish plants that would burn the refuse that was generated and then convert it into energy.
He said the project would generate employment opportunities for about 40 youth at the plant besides those who would do the collection and perform other administrative duties.
He expressed the hope that commencement of the alternative energy production would not only help boost the country’s energy needs but also create a safe environment.
The Public Relations Officer of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, John Laste, said it was very important the attention was being shifted from waste disposal to processing for other uses.
He said it was important that people would realise that the indiscriminate disposal of waste was not helpful to anybody and that one needed to be a little more in control of how he/she handled the refuse generated at home and at work.
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