The Jospong Group of Com­panies through an international collaboration with Komptech GmbH in a project dubbed "Jo­spong-Komptech Waste Academy" has begun an expertise training for all district waste managers of Zoomlion Ghana limited.The training which forms part of a series of capacity enhancement programmes targeted at developing waste management experts in Gha­na kick-started in the Ashanti Re­gion and participants in the region were trained on Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM), Circu­lar Economy, Composting, Landfill Management and Emissions Treat­ment and Thermal Waste Recovery (Refuse Derived Fuel).The Project Manager of the Jo­spong-Komptech Waste Academy, Mr Jacob Kwaku Ladi, in an intro­ductory remark explained that the Jospong Group through an Interna­tional collaboration with Komptech GmbH, Austrian Developmemt Agency, Technical University of Vienna and ICEP (Social Impact NGO in Austria), acquired a grant to train and develop waste manage­ment experts in Ghana.He stated that the project, which was launched in Accra last year, has already trained various levels of waste management profession­als, including top executives and regional executives who received expert training by Komptech and a team from the Technical University of Vienna.Mr Ladi pointed out that, select­ed staff from the Jospong Group undertook training and field trips in Austria to serve as local trainers with the aim of scaling up the train­ing and train all district level-based waste managers nationwide.He added that some members of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) would also be given the opportunity to undergo training.Mr James Deku, a waste manage­ment trainer of the Academy, took the participants through the ISWM, Circular Economy, Landfill manage­ment and emissions treatment.Mr Isaac Awuah, also a trainer of the academy, taught the participants composting and thermal energy recovery.An excited participant, Mr Alex Fordjour (Operations Assistant at the Nwabiagya Municipal Office) expressed his excitement for receiv­ing such a comprehensive training which covers all the technical aspects of the works he undertakes at the district level."The training was insightful and even though I hold a Bsc in Envi­ronmental Science from KNUST, my classroom training was not as insightful as I was thought by the trainers of the Jospong-Komptech Waste Academy," he revealed."I look forward to implementing all the waste management strategies in my district and help improve the public health in my community," he added.