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Accra hit by refuse buildup as landfill capacity crisis deepens

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  • Kofi BA 6 days ago

    Aban papa aba ampa! Mahama's primary focus is to loot our state resources rather than seeking the welfare of Ghanaians. Very soon cholera will break out and kill many especially in Accra

  • Dr... Mumbi Seraki 6 days ago

    Hello youth of Ghana...... You can take your own li.fe or someone's li.fe with medicine.....For instance 15 tramadol at once......or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide. ....

  • mr amin 5 days ago

    Ban single used plastics plastics

  • Oheneba 4 days ago

    Banning single-use plastics alone is not the solution.

    Government should support recycling companies like ours with tax incentives and policy support to create more jobs and expand waste collection.

    We pay taxes, turn ...
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  • TWEAA DC 5 days ago

    WHEN WE ARE FOCUSING ON 24HR MARKETS, YOU ARE TALKNG ABOUT REFUSE DUMPING SITES...TWEAA

  • Oheneba 4 days ago

    Government promotes a 24-hour economy, yet local investors turning waste into industrial raw materials are being pushed out.

    Shouldn't we be encouraged to grow, create jobs, and expand waste processing instead?

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  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 6 days ago

    Make waste collection companies private..let them.list on the gsx..they can also invest in more trucks and recycling plants..go.seek a loan and expand..go to Europe or Asian or MI east and learn waste.disppsal.xoming here to ...
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  • A Ghanaian. 5 days ago

    MAHAMA HAS IMPORTED MORE EXCAVATORS AND SAND TRUCKS FOR GALAMEY INSTEAD OF REFUSE TRUCKS FILT WILL KILL ACCRA PEOPLE OOO

  • Oheneba 4 days ago

    Government promotes a 24-hour economy, yet local investors turning waste into industrial raw materials are being pushed out.

    We pay taxes, create jobs, and help keep the city clean through recycling and processing waste in ...
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  • Kwaku Brobbey 6 days ago

    All those new collectors are jokers. Revert to Zoom Lion, my advise.

  • yes thats me 5 days ago

    how does that resolve the problem??? will zoom lion create space at the dump site????

  • yes thats me 1 day ago

    how does that resolve the problem??? will zoom lion create space at the dump site????

  • DC10 6 days ago

    Ndc take decisions as if children are riding bicycle..

    Cholera outbreak looming very soon, Akuffo Addo eradicated cholera but this Qnet govt canceled zoomlion contract, now see the end results

  • Jack Sparrow 6 days ago

    Gvmt should have recycling plant refuse is money use 24hr economy small to build that plant especially Accra nd Kumasi

  • La Pleasure man 6 days ago

    Failed country indeed..

  • Ghanaian 6 days ago

    Waste to Energy is the way forward. Convert the rubbish to money making machine.

  • Osonoba 6 days ago

    This is happening under the jurisdiction of the best performing Regional Minister. When people pay money to be recognized, that is what we get. We are in a sick nation. Politics has blinded us that we can't see the reality

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  • Koti 6 days ago

    Is it only in Accra? We are jokers! We call it WASTE because we don't have the brain to take the wealth from them. This is the area we must compete with England and not in football. We are arrested for throwing waste about b ...
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  • Oheneba 4 days ago

    My friend, I pay VAT for processing and turning waste into industrial raw material for industrial consumption. The painful side is being forced by municipal assembly to vacate our premise for car dealer to occupy. Meanwhile o ...
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  • Ray 5 days ago

    The purpose of your been there is to solve the problem, not you telling us the problem

  • Concerned Citizen 5 days ago

    Investors from Spain and Japan came all the way to Ghana only to sit hours at AMA waiting to see the mayor. As was said to the AMA boss the garbage will soon find its way into your houses after you find no space to dump. It i ...
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  • Harry 5 days ago

    Start with ban plastics,some uses clothes,appliances,styrofoam.Ghana is a dumping ground for a lot of countries and greedy business men import for their selfish gains without consideration of the environment.Where is the envi ...
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  • Oheneba 4 days ago

    Hmm Ghana, yet I pay tax for processing and turning waste into industrial raw materials and the municipal assembly want to eject me from my processing site for car dealer to occupy the same place. Hmm

    Some one should info ...
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