By Hauwa Ali
The Ghanaian government has announced that it will inaugurate a new e-waste recycling centre, built on a one-hectare site, in Accra on 31 October.
KwakuAfriyie, Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) made the announcement recently.
According to him, the work launched in October 2018 is 65% complete.
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The facilitywill have a temporary storage area, a recycling unit, a weighbridge, a guardhouse and a transformer. These facilities will allow for the recovery and resale of four types of e-waste, including cables, mixed batteries, thermoplastics and CRTs.
The plant built by Memphis Metropolitan is funded to the tune of €10 million (over 84 million Ghanaian cedis) with support from the German government.
The centre “aims to reduce the environmental impact of e-waste recycling activities in the country, ensure the transition of e-waste through proper and sound procedures, test a pricing or financing mechanism,”Afriyie said.
The centre came as a result of the Electronic and Hazardous Waste Control and Management Act passed in 2016 in Ghana, which also aims to create at least 22,000 jobs for Ghana’s youth.
