Consistent sanitation triumphs over challenges at African Games, thanks to Zoomlion! - Adomonline.com

However, the measures and strategies put in place by Zoomlion, a total waste management solutions company, made it seem like the crowd at the Accra Sports Stadium and in deed all the other venues that hosted the Games, did not generate any waste at all.

According to the Senior Monitoring and Service Quality Officer of the company responsible for the sanitation at the Accra Sports Stadium, Jamila Ghartey, they deployed over a 100 personnel who run two shifts to ensure that no waste was left unattended to.

Speaking in an interview, she mentioned that before the start of every sporting activity at the venue, the morning shift personnel will do a sweep of it stands to collect any waste that might be left behind the night before and also clean the washrooms.

Aside that the company also dedicated five compassion trucks; one of which was solely for the collection and transportation of plastic waste and the others for general waste.

She commended the patrons of the games for cooperating with the personnel of Zoomlion to ensure that the work was done seamlessly.

Ghartey added that waste management is not the work of one person or institution but a collective effort by all stakeholders

Prior to the start of the Games which is held every four years, Zoomlion provided a special training to its sanitation officers to augment the company’s provision of sanitation services at the various stadiums and sports facilities that will host the 13th All African Games in Accra from the 8th to 24th of March, 2024