By Jibril Abdul Mumuni
Accra, Jan. 26, GNA- The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has announced the commencement of a pilot waste segregation project in a move to transform waste management within Accra central business hub.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Alfred Allotey-Gaisie, disclosed this during a media briefing aimed at updating the public on the Assemblyâs ongoing sanitation initiatives and long-term sustainability goals.
Addressing the media, Mr. Allotey-Gaisie emphasised that the traditional method of âcollect and dumpâ is no longer sustainable for a rapidly growing municipality like Korle Klottey.
Waste Segregation is the process of separating garbage into different categories at the point of origin, which could be the household or business.
Instead of throwing everything into one bin, materials are sorted to ensure they can be processed efficiently.
Accra generates approximately 3,000 to 5,000 tonnes of solid waste every single day.
Historically, only about 70 per cent of this waste is formally collected; the rest often ends up in drains, leading to the perennial flooding issues seen in areas like Korle Klottey.
The MCE noted that the new pilot programme was designed to encourage residents and businesses to separate organic waste from recyclables at the source.
He said that sanitation is not just about sweeping the streets, but rather about how the Assembly manages what is swept.
âBy piloting waste segregation, he explained that the Assembly was turning what was once considered trash into valuable resources for composting and recycling,â he said.
According to the MCE, the Assembly has outlined a comprehensive approach to ensure the success of the pilot, beginning with zonal implementation in selected residential and commercial areas before a full-scale municipal rollout.
âTo support this, KoKMA will facilitate the distribution of color-coded bins to distinguish between plastics, paper, and organic waste, while assembly members and sanitation officers are deployed to sensitize households on the technicalities of segregation.â
âFurthermore, the Assembly is collaborating with private waste service providers to ensure that once waste is separated, it is transported to appropriate processing facilities rather than mixed back together,” he said.
Mr. Allotey-Gaisie warned that while the Assembly was currently focused on education, it will not hesitate to enforce sanitation bye-laws against recalcitrant individuals who continue to dump refuse indiscriminately.
He urged the media to partner with the Assembly in promoting a cleaner and greener Korle Klottey, highlighting that the success of the waste segregation pilot would significantly reduce the volume of waste sent to landfills, thereby lowering operational costs and improving public health.
He maintained that while the Assembly provided the necessary infrastructure, the citizens must provide the discipline required to make Korle Klottey the cleanest municipality in Ghana.
GNA
26 Jan. 2026
Edited by Samuel Osei-Frempong