The rate at which public litter bins placed at vantage points in the capital are being stolen is thwarting efforts by public-spirited individuals, civil society groups and city authorities to make Accra clean. 11 Litter Bins Stolen Out of 40 public litter bins placed at vantage points...
A ceremony was held on July 3, 2018 at the JVL Fortifer Compost plant premises to inaugurate a seven (7)-member Board of Directors for the plant. The board constituted of a representative each from Jekora Ventures Limited (JVL) [the plant operator], Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) [co-owners...
Government is to implement a ‘zero landfill policy’ as part of measures to recycle and convert the country’s waste into other bye products. Ghana is faced with the issue of proper disposal of waste as people dispose their waste indiscriminately while major landfills such as Kpone...
To close the nutrient cycle which is an important regulatory ESS, the project will enhance safe use of excreta in agriculture which will also help to generate revenues for the sanitation value chain. To achieve that, this project will kick-start several production plants in Ghana....
The Motor and Sanitation Court at Abeka presided over by Her Lordship Felicia Gandedze, on Friday fined Mr Ali Mohammed, Manager of the Niagara Hotel GHC 840 for refusing to register with the accredited waste contractor in the area. He pleaded guilty to the offence and...
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Zoomlion, have launched a national waste segregation programme to encourage separation of wastes at source. The programme, supported by the two giants in waste management in Ghana - Zoomlion...
In this season of political manifestos and party election slogans, one might wonder if we have time to think about our environment. Of course we do! After all, it is the environment which holds us before elections, during elections and will hopefully hold us for...
Jekora Ventures Ltd and Safi Sana Ghana Ltd signed the management contract for the operation of the public toilet in Teshie. Jekora Ventures Ltd is an established and successful waste collection company in the centre of Accra and currently also operates another public toilet in...