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Agbogbloshie. Agbogbloshie was the nickname of a commercial district on the Korle Lagoon of the Odaw River, near the center of Accra, Ghana 's capital city in the Greater Accra region, before it was demolished by the Ghanian government in 2021. [1] Near the slum called "Old Fadama", the Agbogbloshie site became known as a destination for ...
The Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA Ghana) is an agency of [[Ministry ], established by EPA Act 490 (1994). [1] The agency is dedicated to improving, conserving and promoting the country’s environment and striving for environmentally sustainable development with sound, efficient resource management, taking into account social and equity issues.
E-waste is categorized as used EEE including refrigerators, cell phones, and computers. [4] Africa has seen a significant usage of personal computers and mobile phones in the past decade. [5] The continent produced 2.5 kg per capita of e-waste in 2019, which is the lowest rate in the world. [4] 60% of e-waste is imported into the continent, and ...
The water supply and sanitation sector in Ghana is a sector that is in charge of the supply of healthy water and also improves the sanitation of water bodies in the country. In Ghana, the drinking water supply and sanitation sectors face a number of issues, including relatively limited sanitation access, intermittent supply, significant water ...
Ecology portal. v. t. e. Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized by size into micro-, meso-, or macro debris. [ 3 ] Plastics ...
This includes the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws, technologies, and economic mechanisms. Waste can either be solid, liquid, or gases and each type has different methods of disposal and management.
GAYO’s sustainable community project [24] is a community-based waste management project in the South district of Ghana. [25] [26] The project includes members-led activities such as composting, recycling arts, and producing charcoal briquettes from agricultural waste.
A big refuse on the side of the road in Accra Central Business District in Ghana . First Saturday of every month [1] is earmarked National Sanitation Day across Ghana. First declared on November 1, 2014, by the Government of Ghana in response to the 2014 Ghanaian cholera outbreak, the day is a voluntary clean-up exercise for all Ghanaian residents in an effort to reduce unsanitary conditions ...