Voltic to build recycle processing plant

The General Manager of Voltic GH Ltd, Philip Redman, has disclosed plans to build an ultra-modern recycle processing plant in a bid to tackle the plastic waste menace in the country. Mr. Redman said this during a media tour of the company’s new manufacturing plant at Akwadum, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region.

According to Mr. Redman, the company is currently going through an assessment process with other partners from different countries to ascertain the most appropriate processing plant that will give them value for money.

“We are currently going through an assessment with other partners on how best we can introduce the necessary capacity to recycle the bottles so we can get value for it. And once you get value for your end-products, you have to impose that value down the chain so that you can get people to collect waste from the streets,” he said.

The plan to build a processing plant coincides with recent partial banning of plastics in the country -- following incessant complaints about the effect tons of plastic generated daily in the country is having on the environment.

Voltic Ghana, which is one of the foremost producers of plastics in bottled water and sachets, is hopeful the processing plant will help to contain the growing menace of plastic in the country.

Mr. Redman further stated that Voltic, in the coming few weeks, will launch a small-scale pilot programme dubbed “Community Recycling project”, which has the goal of getting people to collect the plastic waste in order to help the company understand fully what needs to be done and in what way once the recycle processing plant is acquired.

The project when realised will be the first ever to be built in the country.

As part of the media briefing, the Plant Manager of the Akwadum facility -- Eugene Djan Sampson, took journalist round the new facility. The new facility costs the company US$3.5m, was opened last year, and has seven boreholes. Each borehole produces up to 140 gallons of water per hour. The company hopes to increase its investment in the facility with an amount of US$1million in the next 18 months. The plant produces water in bottles, sachets and dispensers.

According to Mr. Djan-Sampson, the company has acquired all the necessary machines and equipment to ensure water that is produced from the plant is of the best quality and safe for drinking. “People are our enduring advantage. We are therefore customer and consumer-focused by delivering superior products,” he said.

Adding his comment, Mr. Redman noted that as a passionate and engaging brand, “Our priorities are our consumers, customers and local community in which we operate. Most importantly, we uphold the tenets of transparency and accountability in our operations, which is why we invited the media to come and see what we do here,” he added.