A new recycling plant with the capacity to process about 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste per annum has been inaugurated in the Weija-Gbawe Municipality of the Greater Region as part of efforts to deal with the menace of plastic waste in the country.

Co-funded by the European Union (EU) Delegation in Ghana and the Alliance to end Plastic Waste, the facility is valued at €2.5million and is being imple­mented by ASASE Foundation and the Weija-Gbawe Municipal Assembly.

Dubbed: 'Closing the Loop of Plastic Packaging in Ghana,' the project it is currently being implemented by the Union in three municipalities in the Greater Accra Region.

The facility has one plastic waste processing plant, one lumber plant that has the capacity to recy­cle 2,000 tons of plastic waste per year, a warehouse, water treatment plant, a stand-by generator and transformer.