Kumasi Compost Plant phase one to be ready Dec
The first phase of the Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant is 70 per cent complete.
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When completed, the plant will process 600 tonnes of waste every eight hours.It will process waste in the Kumasi metropolis and its surrounding areas.
The second phase, involving the recycling of faecal matter, biomedical waste, medical waste and e-waste, would commence immediately the first phase is completed.
The project, which started in 2013, is an initiative of the Jospong Group of Companies and the first phase is expected to come on stream by the end of this year.
Waste management
This came to light when a Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr Jonny Osei Kofi, led a team of district chief executives from the Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Ashanti regions to the site last Saturday.
Mr Osei Kofi commended the company for the work done so far and gave an assurance that the government would continue to create the enabling environment for such
companies to thrive to help clean the environment, create jobs and expand the economy.
Structures
It was observed that almost all the structures were nearing completion.
This was confirmed by the Project Manager, Mr Mawutor K. Attah, when he said the loading point and the weighing structures had been completed, while the separation and storage buildings were almost completed.
Other facilities which had been completed were the canteen and changing rooms
He said machinery at the plant would be installed after the remaining construction work had been completed, adding that the work would be expeditiously done to ensure that
Kumasi residents enjoyed some services of the plant by December this year.
Production Process
Explaining the production process, Mr Atta said loaded vehicles would first stop at the weighing points where their weights would be taken.
The vehicles will then move to the sorting points where the waste in its raw form will be sorted out to take out metals and the other materials categorised.
The organic materials will be moved to the compositing plant, where, under controlled moisture and temperature, they will be turned into compost.
“ After the materials had been turned into compost, they would be moved to the screening plant where they would be bagged for sale”, he added.