A painting of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana's first President after colonialism) on waste sachet water bags. 2005 plastic waste sachet water bags were used in the execution of this work.
Monday 17 December 2012
GHANA'S MDG 7
Even though national coverage for improved sanitation has increased from 4% in 1993 to 12.4% in 2008, reducing the proportion of the population without access to improved sanitation will reach 21.2% by 2015 instead of 52%, while the proportion of urban population with access to improved sanitation will be 23.4% instead of 55% by 2015. In the rural areas, only 20.6% would have access to improved sanitation instead of 50.5%.
From the statistics, it is clear that Ghana will not be able to achieve its Millennium Development Goal 7. The situation is bad but not completely hopeless. We as a nation can at least bridge the gap through recycling.
Even though national coverage for improved sanitation has increased from 4% in 1993 to 12.4% in 2008, reducing the proportion of the population without access to improved sanitation will reach 21.2% by 2015 instead of 52%, while the proportion of urban population with access to improved sanitation will be 23.4% instead of 55% by 2015. In the rural areas, only 20.6% would have access to improved sanitation instead of 50.5%.
From the statistics, it is clear that Ghana will not be able to achieve its Millennium Development Goal 7. The situation is bad but not completely hopeless. We as a nation can at least bridge the gap through recycling.
Friday 14 December 2012
Ninety-five percent of our solid waste is disposed of in almost-filled landfills - and one out of every two of those landfills desperately needs repair so it won't leak.
Every year some 45,000 tons of plastic waste are dumped into the world's oceans. One of the results of this is that up to one million seabirds and one hundred thousand marine mammals are killed each year by plastic trash such as fishing gear, six-pack yokes, sandwich bags, and styrofoam cups.
Every year some 45,000 tons of plastic waste are dumped into the world's oceans. One of the results of this is that up to one million seabirds and one hundred thousand marine mammals are killed each year by plastic trash such as fishing gear, six-pack yokes, sandwich bags, and styrofoam cups.
About Us
WASTE HAS WORTH is a plastic waste recycling company which employs technical methods to recycle plastic waste into artistic, functional and permanent products such as furniture, paintings, sculptures, picture frames, crafts, bags, plastic roofing and many more.
Our aim is to provide an alternative solution to the plastic waste menace in Ghana through a technical and a less capital intensive approach. We also want to recycle plastic waste into products which have functional abilities and are much more permanent in society, rather than recycling plastic waste back into their raw material state or something similar, which ends up in the waste main stream eventually.
We believe this is one sure way of solving the plastic waste problem in the country.
Our aim is to provide an alternative solution to the plastic waste menace in Ghana through a technical and a less capital intensive approach. We also want to recycle plastic waste into products which have functional abilities and are much more permanent in society, rather than recycling plastic waste back into their raw material state or something similar, which ends up in the waste main stream eventually.
We believe this is one sure way of solving the plastic waste problem in the country.
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