A $20 million Medical Waste and Waste Treatment plant has been commissioned by JOSPONG Group of Companies at a short ceremony in Takoradi. The Group’s Hungarian partners, Puereco, with support from EXIM Bank of Hungary, are supporting the $20 million project. The commissioning brings to four the number of Liquid Wastewater Treatment Plants that have been constructed by the government, in collaboration with the Jospong Group.
The Wastewater Treatment Plant, for instance, has the capacity to treat one thousand cubic metres (1000m3) of faecal matter per day, using a comprehensive European technology. The plant has been designed to introduce a sustainable and unique solution for Takoradi in the management of the current illicit dumping of faecal sludge in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.
Commissioning the project, the Chairman of the JOSPONG Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Adjepong, commended the Hungarian partner for supporting the project. He said: “We are particularly grateful to our Hungarian partner, Puereco, for being part of this transformative agenda and making these projects a reality.”
Touching on the facility, the JOSPONG Group Chairman mentioned that the Medical Waste Treatment Facility and the Centralised Medical Waste Treatment Facility would serve the purpose of collecting and treating hazardous healthcare waste, including used syringes, blood-stained materials, pathological waste, COVID-19 waste, and waste from vaccination exercises.
He added that the installation of the 10,000 kilogrammes ultra-modern Microwave Treatment Equipment (Ecosteryl) on-site allowed for the treatment of hazardous waste daily.
“The equipment has the added advantage of recycling the treated waste, adding more value, and reducing the waste that goes to landfills. Moreover, its non-incineration technique ensures no harmful pollutants are released into the atmosphere, promoting environmental health and safety.”
He thanked the chiefs and people of Assakae for releasing land for the project, which is sitting on 200 acres.
Benefits
The two facilities, he said, were expected to generate over 500 direct and indirect job opportunities, both technical and non-technical. Additionally, the two facilities would help improve the air and water quality of the Sekondi-Takoradi Municipality and its environs, thereby improve the health and wellbeing of the people.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Puerco KFT, Balint Horvath, indicated that the project stood as a testament of the fruitful collaboration between a Hungarian and a Ghanaian company.
“Together we embarked on a shared mission to construct an advanced, fully customized wastewater treatment facility that will address the challenge of managing collected septic water in a self-sufficient manner.”
He said it was a profound honor for his company to partner to contribute value to the lives of the remarkable people in Takoradi and its surroundings.
“We see this project as merely the inception of a long term and fruitful Ghanaian-Hungarian collaboration in the realm of water management”.
Present at the commissioning were Tristan Azbej, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary, Balinth Horvath, Group CEO of Puereco, Florence Cobbold, General Manger Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited, the Member of Parliament for Takoradi and Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah.
The rest are Nana Kwesi Agyemang, Omanhene of Lower Dixcove, Nana Kwaw Entsie, Omanhene of Mpohor, and Nana Asante Kojo, Chief of Assekae among other traditional leaders and the clergy.
