Stakeholders Demand Shift From Landfills As Accra’s Waste Crisis Looms

Beyond the landfill — Ghana’s push to reset waste management

In the room were government officials, MMDCEs, sanitation experts, and private operators. One message kept coming back: we have to move past landfills.

Ghana loses GH¢6.2 billion annually to poor waste management

By Benjamin Nii Nai Anyetei  Ghana is losing more than GH¢6.2 billion annually through flood-related destruction, healthcare costs and environmental degradation caused by poor waste management, prompting renewed calls for sustainable financing to address the growing sanitation challenge in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). The concern was raised during a high-level stakeholder dialogue on landfill and waste management held in Accra und…

Stakeholders Demand Shift From Landfills As Accra’s Waste Crisis Looms

Stakeholders in Ghana rsquo;s sanitation sector are calling for an urgent transition from landfill-dependent waste disposal to sustainable, engineered treatment systems, warning that persistent funding gaps threaten efforts to keep the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) clean and environmentally safe.

Stakeholders rally behind sustainable funding for Accra landfills and waste management

Rapid urbanisation and population growth continue to place enormous pressure on existing waste infrastructure.

Stakeholders push for sustainable funding for Greater Accra waste - Asaase Radio

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Stakeholders call for sustainable funding to address Greater Accra waste management crisis

Stakeholders at a sanitation dialogue in Accra have called for sustainable funding to tackle the Greater Accra waste crisis, warning that inadequate financing could undermine waste management and environmental safety efforts.