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Ghana launches $7m Circular Economy Project to tackle plastic waste - MyJoyOnline

2025-04-18 18:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling

In a major step towards sustainable waste management, the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MEST) has launched a $7 million project to advance Ghanas transition to a circular economy in the plastics sector.The initiative, known as the Circular Economy Framework for the Plastics Sector (CEF-PS), is being implemented under the National Plastic Management Policy, which was approved by Cabinet in 2020. The project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and executed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).Ghana currently generates an estimated 840,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually, with only about 9.5 percent recycled. The remainder often ends up in drains, open spaces, or marine environmentsposing serious risks to ecosystems and contributing to urban flooding.The CEF-PS project aims to reverse this trend by recovering at least 93,000 tonnes of plastic waste, preventing 13,000 tonnes of marine litter, and training over 2,...


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