A Review of the Triple Gains of Waste and the Way Forward for Ghana
Table 1
(a) Municipal solid waste generation and management in Ghana by Metropolitan Assemblies
Municipal Solid waste
KMA
CCMA
AMA
TMA
TaMA
STMA
Quantity
Per cent
Quantity
Per cent
Quantity
Per cent
Quantity
Per cent
Quantity
Per cent
Quantity
Per cent
Total
440,283
100.0
40,386
100.0
501,903
100.0
70,797
100
35,408
100.0
142,560
100.0
Collected
75,879
17.2
2,202
5.5
298,178
59.4
39,753
56.2
1,652
100.0
32,206
22.6
Burned by household
19,551
4.4
3,705
9.2
13,402
2.7
4,745
6.7
2,886
100.0
11,311
7.9
Public dump (container)
258,958
58.8
22,887
56.7
156,481
31.2
15,416
21.8
20,934
100.0
67,133
47.1
Public dump (open space)
68,585
15.6
8,833
21.9
23,647
4.7
7,544
10.7
5,288
100.0
26,269
18.4
Dumped indiscriminately
8,230
1.9
882
2.2
5,408
1.1
1,481
2.1
3,685
100.0
1,958
1.4
Buried by household
7,137
1.6
718
1.8
1,412
0.3
298
0.4
798
100.0
2,999
2.1
Other
1,943
0.4
1,159
2.9
3,375
0.7
1,560
2.2
165
100.0
684
0.5
KMA: Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly; CCMA: Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly; AMA: Accra Metropolitan Assembly; TMA: Tema Metropolitan; TaMA: Tamale Metropolis; STMA: Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly. Sourced from the 2010 population and housing census district analytical reports; quantity of waste in tons/tonnes [48–52].
(b) Budgetary allocation for waste management by metropolis
KMA
CCMA
AMA
TMA
TaMA
STMA
Year
Grand total (GH)
Year
Grand total (GH)
Year
Grand total (GH)
Year
Grand total (GH)
Year
Grand total (GH)
Year
Grand total (GH)
Total expenditure (GH)
2014
2,542,736
2014
1,211,889
2014
2,298,811
2014
2,111,067
2014
19,345,405
2014
272,000
27,781,908
2015
4,510,928
2015
1,311,986
2015
2,861,382
2015
16,372,954
2015
19,345,405
2015
614,843
45,017,498
2016
4,706,000
2016
1,373,986
2016
6,939,402
2016
12,123,496
2016
4,697,614
2016
652,289
30,492,787
2017
4,509,000
2017
2,529,799
2017
5,224,460
2017
12,203,240
2017
7,214,253
2017
2,334,512
34,015,264
Sourced from the respective composite budgets of the 6 metropolitan assemblies in Ghana [53–66].
