{
  "id": 12277006,
  "title": "Editorial: Investing In Properly Engineered Landfill Sites & Modern Waste Technologies Is The Way To Go",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/editorial-investing-in-properly-engineered-landfill-sites-modern",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T01:44:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/editorial-investing-in-properly-engineered-landfill-sites-modern-waste-technologies-is-the-way-to-go/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}