The Certified Clean Community Zones Concept was birthed from the fruitful womb of Witties Energy Limited with a patriotic intention of improving upon Ghana’s waste management system while creating employment for the youth. It is also to serve as a financially sustainable platform for waste management in Ghana and to certify Communities for maintaining cleanliness standards.
Moreover, people running around to meet tight deadlines and goals hardly ever have time for good hygiene practices, and they have less time to supervise the person in charge of cleaning the office.
Only about 10% solid waste generated is properly disposed
A recent market survey on waste and circular economy in Ghana reported that each household generates an average of 1kg of waste. With a population of 30 million, this would put the output of waste at 30,000 tons per day. Only about 10% of solid waste generated is properly disposed and only 320 tons are recycled by 25 recycling plants in Ghana. Data from the Ghana Health Service indicate that six (6) out of the top 10 diseases are linked to poor environmental sanitation with malaria, diarrhea and typhoid fever jointly constituting 70-85% of Outpatient cases at health facilities. Large proportions (between 30 and 50%) of the solid waste generated by the residents are never collected for disposal and end up dispersed on the streets, in drains and in streams thereby creating breeding grounds for disease-spreading insects and vermin.
The world health Organization has called on governments of the world to ensure enhanced hygiene and waste management practices to limit human-human transmission of pathogens in times of a Global pandemic such as Covid 19
— WHO
The world health Organization has called on governments of the world to ensure enhanced hygiene and waste management practices to limit human-human transmission of pathogens in times of a Global pandemic such as Covid 19. Ghana’s sanitation sector has seen some progress in its quest to make Ghana clean. However, there is still some voluminous work to be done in terms of waste collection, transportation, dumping and recycling. Governments in the past and present have placed sanitation as a major part of their campaign messages. The current President has an ambition of making Accra the cleanest City in Ghana. That ambition, however is yet to be realized.
The 3CZ Programme shall partner with the relevant stakeholders such as the Government (Ministry of Sanitation, Works and Housing), Environmental protection Agency(EPA), NGOs, etc. and some relevant private sector organizations in its implementation.
The certification Programme is expected to take place in all the municipal and district assemblies in Ghana. Witties is also open to collaborating with impact investors and donors interested in this project for mutual benefit.
