ZOOMLION TAKES OVER REFUSE DISPOSAL SITES IN BA (PAGE 40)

THE Brong Ahafo Regional Office of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company has taken over the management of the final refuse disposal sites of the two municipal and 20 district assemblies in the region to make it more efficient and scientific.
Even though the company was yet to finalise negotiations with the various assemblies, work has already begun at the Adomako final refuse disposal site of the Sunyani Municipal Assembly.
The Regional Operations Supervisor of the Zoomlion, Mr Benjamin Ason and the Landfill Supervisor, Mr Eric Adjei Frimpong, have conducted the Daily Graphic round the site to observe the progress of work.
The assembly’s final refuse disposal site lies some few metres away from the hostel of the Sunyani Polytechnic hostel, that was recently constructed with funds from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).
After clearing the mess, “We shall disinfect the area as we have done about four times before,” Mr Ason said, adding, “We are embarking on the programme in a more appropriate and scientific way with our newly acquired equipment for the job”.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, Messrs Ason and Frimpong stated that the final refuse disposal sites of the various assemblies, formed a critical part of the management of waste in those areas by the company.
They said what was actually involved in the current operation at the site, was to push and level the refuse with bulldozers to create more space for the company’s trucks to move in to dump the waste.
Asked about the state of the stream which lies below the heaps, the two officials stated that, “The stream is not safe and that is why we are trying to prevent the leachate from entering and pollute it”.
The Daily Graphic observed that owing to the past mismanagement of the site, drivers of the refuse trucks decided to dump whatever they carried anywhere near the actual place and that had nearly caused the blockade of the road but the officials gave the assurance that, “In 10 days time, we shall make the place well organised”.
They said in the long-term, the company had recommended to the assembly to look for another area for the final disposal of refuse to avoid the possible pollution of the stream and the contraction of diseases by the residents in their neighbourhood.