DCE appeals for residents to practice waste segregation


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By Daniel Wiafe
Sasu, GNA

Abromamu (B/A), July
23, GNA – Residents of the Asunafo South District in the Brong-Ahafo Region
have been implored to begin waste management from their respective homes by
separating the organic biodegradable from the inorganic non-biodegradable waste
prior to the dumping sites.

Mr Osei Bonsu, the
District Chief Executive (DCE), made the appeal in an interview with the

By Daniel Wiafe
Sasu, GNA

Abromamu (B/A), July
23, GNA – Residents of the Asunafo South District in the Brong-Ahafo Region
have been implored to begin waste management from their respective homes by
separating the organic biodegradable from the inorganic non-biodegradable waste
prior to the dumping sites.

Mr Osei Bonsu, the
District Chief Executive (DCE), made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana
News Agency (GNA) at Abromamu in the District, during a tour of some dumping
sites where the District Assembly and the Waste and Allied Services, a
subsidiary company of the Zoom Lion Group of Companies were clearing away
‘mountains’ of waste.  

Other communities
that benefited from the exercise were Achiase and Nobekaw.

Mr Bonsu said the
primary objective of the tour was to sensitize the people to keep their
environment clean, stressing that the waste segregation would help to reduce
the volume of refuse hauled to the dumping sites significantly.  

He urged the public
to desist from littering the environment indiscriminately and also support the
waste management companies and government to keep the environment clean to rid
the villages, towns and cities of filth.

Mr Bonsu suggested
the need for a policy to ensure the use of biodegradable shopping bags to
reduce if not total ban, the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags to save the
environment.

He noted the support
of the populace for effective management of solid and liquid waste, which would
among other benefits contribute to making the water bodies clean to get quality
water for various purposes.

Mr Kobby Mensah, the
Assembly man for Abromamu Electoral Area appealed to his fellow Assembly men
and women to collaborate with other stakeholders, especially youth groups and
court the support of the traditional authorities to undertake regular clean up
exercises in the communities.

GNA


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