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The ‘One Million-Free-Waste Bin’ project being rolled out by the waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), takes off in five metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region.
The MMDAs include Ablekuma North, Ablekuma South, Ablekuma Central, Okaikoi South and Krowor all in the Greater Accra Region.
Already, Zoomlion workers have been dispatched to the five MMDAs to register households within the targeted MMDAs for free distribution of the waste bins.
Residents in these municipalities greeted the exercise with lots of excitement, especially when many of them had no receptacles for their refuse.
With this, Zoomlion is looking at distributing one million waste bins to households and businesses in all cities and communities across the country.
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Waste collectors trained on best waste management practices to mitigate COVID-19 infection LISTEN
DEC 24, 2020
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA Ghana), and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO Global) trained about 100 leaders of waste pickers and collectors groups in Accra and Tema on best waste management practices and procedures to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 infection.
The training, which was a Training of Trainers (ToT) is part of the Ghana Waste Recovery Platform’s ongoing campaign to project the important role of waste collectors in the COVID-19 response, mobilize resources to provide personal protective equipment (PPEs) for waste collectors, sensitize the public on the safe use and disposal of face masks, tissues, face shields, gloves and promote effective waste management behavioral change.