Major plastics recycling project starts in Ghana

Archiv – With support from the Dutch government, Cyclus Plastic Recycling in the Netherlands and Vanhold Constructions in Ghana, are instituting a joint venture to put up a plastic recycling factory at the town of Aburansa, close to Ghana’s major city Elmina in the KEEA (Komenda-Edina- Eguafo-Abrem) district.Ghana | With support from the Dutch government, Cyclus Plastic Recycling in the Netherlands and Vanhold Constructions in Ghana, are instituting a joint venture to put up a plastic recycling factory at the town of Aburansa, close to Ghana’s major city Elmina in the KEEA (Komenda-Edina- Eguafo-Abrem) district.
When completed, the recycling plant ‘€’called Cyclus Elmina Plastic Recycling – will be used to convert plastic waste into scrubs, for the local and international markets, to be used for the manufacture of plastic bowls and buckets among others.
The Euro 1.2 million (US$ 1.7 million) project will create both direct and indirect employment for about 3,000 youth in the district, thereby reducing the high rate of unemployment among the people of the area. Local
According to a district spokesman, the project, which begun early last year, had taken long time to materialise due to documentations of the agreements binding the establishment of the project, before funds could be released for commencement.
In order to rid the region of plastic waste, the project, which currently has agents only in Elmina responsible for the collection of plastic wastes, has expanded to the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA), Abura Asebu Kwamankese (AAK), Mfantsiman and the Assin North and South districts for the completion of the first phase of the project. The second phase of the project will extend to the remaining six districts of the Central Region.