Editorial: Investing In Properly Engineered Landfill Sites & Modern Waste Technologies Is The Way To Go
According to a story published on myjoyonline, Public health engineering expert and Waste Care Associates Chief Executive Officer, Lukman Salifu, says Ghana must continue investing in properly engineered landfill sites, while adopting modern technologies such as waste-to-energy systems. Per the story, his comments follow Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, Mahama…
Ghana's waste crisis demands a comprehensive approach that combines investing in properly engineered landfill sites with the adoption of modern waste technologies, according to Public health engineering expert Lukman Salifu. The country must move beyond treating waste management as merely a collection problem and address the need for both landfills and advanced waste technologies within a strategically planned system.
Salifu advocates for separating waste at the source using a two-bin system, which allows for the processing of organic waste through biomethanation to produce biogas and the controlled incineration of inorganic waste for energy recovery. Additionally, he suggests auditing lands originally designated for sanitation to determine their availability and legality, ensuring that any new land acquisition is based on a thorough understanding of existing land use.
With Ghana generating nearly 8 million tonnes of solid waste annually, and projections suggesting a tripling of volumes by 2050, the urgency of implementing a long-term waste management strategy cannot be overstated.
Brief written by urgent.news from The Chronicle Ghana's own syndicated text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
