Takoradi’s new market becomes the first to receive Corpnation Foundation’s 4R+ Initiative after sustainable implementation in Ghana Secondary Technical School and Bethel Methodist School.
Launched under the theme: “Empowering Women to Drive Proper Waste Management in Our Markets,” the initiative intends to equip market women with the right knowledge and opportunities in order that they will become practitioners and ambassadors of proper waste management.
At the launch, 20 labeled bins were handed over to the managers of the market to be placed at vantage spots within the market to collect plastic bottles and sachets, which form significant portion of their entire waste generated.
Receiving on behalf of the market authorities, Mrs. Hannah Dadzie, a market woman expressed appreciation to Corpnation Foundation (CNF) and partners. According to her, “the initiative will ultimately boost healthy trading since the market will be cleaner and more conducive attracting more sellers and buyers. It will also mitigate the impact of flooding in the market.”
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) Director for Takoradi sub metro, Nana Yeboah, registered the assembly’s endorsement for the project and readiness to enforce the relevant regulations to attain the project’s objectives.
His comments came after the CEO of CNF recounted that 4.5tonnes of plastic waste have since been recovered at GSTS with the initiative and highlighted on its corresponding internally generated funds (IGF) by the school.
Also present at the launch was the president for Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (GCYE), Mr. Richard Addison who promised to donate 10 bins as his support to the project.
As part of the launch activities, students from Takoradi Technical University (TTU), members of Corpnation Foundation’s youth clubs in different communities, joined the market women for an intense cleanup exercise in the new market.
The 4R+ Initiative is one championed by Corpnation Foundation to minimise impacts of improper waste disposal on human life and ultimately, help combat climate change which is under the Sustainable Development Goal 13.
The goal is to expose recipients and host communities to the numerous prevailing opportunities in plastic waste management whilst making them practitioners of proper waste management.
