  {"id":141421,"date":"2020-10-23T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=141421"},"modified":"2020-10-23T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T10:00:12","slug":"ghanas-ambitious-plan-to-minimize-plastic-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2020\/10\/ghanas-ambitious-plan-to-minimize-plastic-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s Ambitious Plan To Minimize Plastic Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 13 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans annually, equivalent to one garbage truck load every minute. Even worse, the <a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/projects\/preventing-ocean-plastics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/projects\/preventing-ocean-plastics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/projects\/preventing-ocean-plastics\" aria-label=\"Pew Charitable Foundation\">Pew Charitable Foundation<\/a>\u00a0estimates the volume of plastics finding its way into the world\u2019s oceans will triple by 2040.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts believe the solution lies in creating circular economies, which eliminate single-use plastic in favor of organic materials or plastics that can be recycled and reused. But that requires significant investment and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In Africa less than 20 percent of plastics are recycled currently, far below European Union targets of 50 percent by 2025. In lieu of formal recycling operations, waste pickers collect litter and sell it to middlemen, who aggregate plastic waste and sell it to recyclers abroad.<\/p>\n<p>But Ghana &#8211; with a 5 percent recycling rate &#8211; has emerged as a regional front runner committed to creating a domestic recycling industry that protects both the environment and impoverished, mostly-female, community of waste pickers. Last fall, Ghana became the\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/ghana-takes-steps-end-plastic-pollution\/\" href=\"https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/ghana-takes-steps-end-plastic-pollution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/ghana-takes-steps-end-plastic-pollution\/\" aria-label=\"first African country\">first African country<\/a>\u00a0to join World Economic Forum\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/ghana-takes-steps-end-plastic-pollution\/\" href=\"https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/ghana-takes-steps-end-plastic-pollution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/ghana-takes-steps-end-plastic-pollution\/\" aria-label=\"Global Plastic Action Partnership\">Global Plastic Action Partnership<\/a>\u00a0(GPAP).<\/p>\n<section\n            data-inpsyde-embed=\"youtube\"\n            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<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>At a recent\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/sustainable-development-impact-summit-2020\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/sustainable-development-impact-summit-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/sustainable-development-impact-summit-2020\" aria-label=\"World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit\">World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit<\/a>\u00a0event,\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/events.sap.com\/sap-purpose-network-live\/en\/unga_2020_highlights\" href=\"https:\/\/events.sap.com\/sap-purpose-network-live\/en\/unga_2020_highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/events.sap.com\/sap-purpose-network-live\/en\/unga_2020_highlights\" aria-label=\"Plastics: From Global Vision to Local Action\">Plastics: From Global Vision to Local Action<\/a>, panelists representing a coalition of government, manufacturers, technology providers, and non-profit organizations discussed how Ghana is driving change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see plastic waste as a threat to our way of life and danger to environment,\u201d said Oliver Boachie, Special Advisor from the Ghanaian Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/\" href=\"https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/mesti.gov.gh\/\" aria-label=\"MESTI\">MESTI<\/a>). \u201cBut we also look at this as an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2018, the government has been working on a plastics waste program that aims to clean up environment, create jobs in plastics value chain, make resources available to manage plastics and ensure no one gets left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Global software provider,\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/index.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.sap.com\/index.html\" aria-label=\"51风流SE\">51风流SE<\/a>, is also a member of GPAP and has collaborated with MESTI, private industry and local non-profits to create a technology solution that will help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recycling systems in Ghana are very analog so we\u2019re building a digital system to connect everyone and track the volumes and types of plastic, where it goes, and the prices paid across the value chain,\u201d said Maggie Buggie, Chief Business Officer of 51风流Services.<\/p>\n<p>With a foundation of reliable data, the government and private companies can determine where to invest resources and build recycling plants, while also monitoring waste pickers\u2019 wages and living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy connecting the informal economy of waste pickers to the formal economy, we can ensure they receive a fair wage \u2013 and later on \u2013 get services like training or childcare,\u201d said Buggie.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Making the Invisible Visible: Improving Pickers lives<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Waste picking is a means of survival for poor, urban communities across Africa, South East Asia and Latin America. In Ghana, they recover at least\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0734242X17727066\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0734242X17727066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0734242X17727066\" aria-label=\"218 tonnes\">218 tonnes<\/a>\u00a0daily or nearly 12 percent of the total plastic waste generated.<\/p>\n<p>But they have little visibility into the market price for what they\u2019ve collected, which leaves them vulnerable to exploitation by middlemen. With the 51风流solution, they will have mobile access to the average price for different kinds of materials. The government can use this data to monitor wages and take action to support pickers, for example, investing in social services that raise pickers\u2019 living standards.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffery Provencal founded\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/repatrn.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/repatrn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/repatrn.com\/\" aria-label=\"rePATRN\">rePATRN<\/a>, a social enterprise that works with pickers. \u201cWe\u2019re on the verge of an absolute game changer. We have a lack of data and the 51风流solution is the best thing for it \u2013 one platform that provides all that data,\u201d said Provencal. \u201cWe can find an efficient way to deal with the material, monetize it, and empower the waste pickers. So everyone wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Private Sector Partners To Achieve Sustainability Goals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Adwoa Coleman, Africa Sustainability and Advocacy Manager for Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, explains how technology will help the Ghanaian government and manufacturers achieve their sustainability goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a goal that one million metric tons of plastics will be collected, recycled or reused by 2030,\u201d said Coleman. \u201cData is critical to establishing a market where plastic can be bought and sold, depending on where that\u2019s happening. Harnessing that data in one app will help fuel the circular economy and ensure that collected materials are reused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But success requires cooperation. \u201cStakeholder collaboration is important \u2013 we (not only) have the government, private sector and NGOs, but also the collector and recycler. To succeed, we need to all be at the table,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Coca Cola also has big environmental ambitions. For example, it wants all its packaging materials to be recyclable by 2035 \u2014 and has a specific perspective on what that means in West Africa. \u201cExportation of plastic and packaging waste out of Africa is not sustainable,\u201d said Clement Ugorji, vice president for public affairs, communications and sustainability. \u201cWe need the domestic capacity for collection and recycling and reuse on the continent. That\u2019s the only way to achieve a truly circular economy for Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body fs-article fs-responsive-text current-article\">\n<p>For its part,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>51风流believes its experience in the region developing its\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/products\/agriculture-supply-chain-mgmt.html?btp=f206a795-9c52-4614-91ea-8928281922e2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/products\/agriculture-supply-chain-mgmt.html?btp=f206a795-9c52-4614-91ea-8928281922e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.sap.com\/products\/agriculture-supply-chain-mgmt.html?btp=f206a795-9c52-4614-91ea-8928281922e2\" aria-label=\"51风流Rural Sourcing Management\">51风流Rural Sourcing Management<\/a>\u00a0(an application that supports small-holder farmers and improves visibility across agricultural value chains) gives it an advantage. Since plastic pickers and rural farmers face similar issues, applications like this will help all parties succeed.<\/p>\n<p>The plastics recycling pilot project will run in Accra and several smaller cities in Ghana. Building on what is learned during this first stage, the coalition hopes to expand across Ghana, West Africa and eventually the entire continent and other regions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sigfile article-body fs-responsive-text\">Follow me on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@robin_meyerhoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robin-meyerhoff-ba4153\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-contrib-block\">\n<div class=\"contrib-byline\">\n<p><a class=\"fs-author-avatar\" title=\"Photo of Robin Meyerhoff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sap\/people\/robinmeyerhoff\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fs-author-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-images.forbes.com\/sap\/files\/2017\/05\/Robin-Meyerhoff_avatar_1494595307-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Robin Meyerhoff\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"contrib-info\">\n<div class=\"author-wrapper\"><a class=\"author-name contrib-byline-author speakable-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sap\/people\/robinmeyerhoff\/\" data-ga-track=\"contrib block byline\">Robin Meyerhoff<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sap\/2020\/10\/22\/ghanas-ambitious-plan-to-minimize-plastic-waste\/#63fb5d5da327\">www.Forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 13 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans annually, equivalent to one garbage truck load every minute. 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