Sanitation Minister commends Zoomlion for reclamation of Oti Landfill

She said in the beginning, the landfill was a nightmare to everybody who lived in the community.

Dapaah said the ponds within the landfill would be used for aquaculture to help create jobs for youth in the region.

Kwodwo Osei said the motive behind the reclamation exercise is to save the environment.

He said the heap of waste was so huge that the company had to remove over 60,000 cubic meters of waste to be able to begin the spreading and capping exercise.

He assured government that the project will be completed and handed over by December 2022.

Felix Atsu, said the heap of waste was about 30 feet high and in order to drill and sink pipes to capture the gas in the capped landfill, they technically had to cut some of the waste away and spread some to an appreciable level of about 20 meters to facilitate the process.

Ing Atsu, was optimistic that the project will finish on time despite the heavy rains that make it difficult for their equipment to move on the site.