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Plastic Recycling May 14, 2020 08:30:36 PM

AEPW Announces New Partnership to Tackle Plastic Litter in Ghana

Paul Ploumis
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Launched in 2018, the program has already diverted approximately 35 metric tons of plastic waste during its first year of operations.
AEPW Announces New Partnership to Tackle Plastic Litter in Ghana

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster):  The Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced new partnership with Ghana’s ASASE Foundation to reduce plastic litter in communities. The ‘Closing the Loop’ initiative uses a circular economy model to end plastic waste in the environment.

The program encourages local communities to manage discarded plastic waste by collecting, reprocessing and selling them. It provides necessary technical support and training for women entrepreneurs to set up plastic waste reprocessing plants. Launched in 2018, the program has already diverted approximately 35 metric tons of plastic waste during its first year of operations, thereby bringing sustainable impacts to the well-being of local communities.

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The partnership currently aims to boost the processing capacity of plants, so as to be able to divert at least 2,000 metric tons of plastic waste per year. This could create even more jobs in the region. The plants processes a wide range of plastic waste to produce regrinds that are sold to recyclers, who use them manufacturing items including pavement blocks, sheets, basins and liners.

The partnership is likely to benefit those communities which don’t have direct access to waste collection and sorting systems.

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