Where will the waste go? ESPA questions disposal plan for government’s two-day clean-up exercise

The Executive Secretary of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Ama Ofori Antwi, has raised concerns over the disposal of waste expected to be collected during the government’s planned two-day national clean-up exercise, citing the absence of engineered landfill sites in the Greater Accra Region.“When I saw the announcement about the two-day clean-up exercise, the first question I asked myself was, ‘Where will we dump all the waste?'She called on government to develop a sustainable waste management strategy, including the establishment of engineered landfill sites, to ensure waste collected during clean-up campaigns is disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner.