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The government is planning to construct new landfill sites in the Greater Accra and Eastern regions as part of measures to address the increasing volume of waste being generated across the country.
Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mahama Ayariga, said the expansion of waste-management infrastructure had become necessary as existing facilities face growing pressure.
He disclosed that the Kpone landfill had reached capacity and plans were underway to decommission the facility.
“We have plans to construct new landfill sites across the Greater Accra area and Eastern Region to accommodate the waste that is being generated,” Ayariga said on Eyewitness News on Monday, September 29, 2026.
“The Kpone landfill site, as you can see, is full. So we’re in the process of planning its decommissioning,” he added.
The Minister explained that the shortage of available engineered landfill facilities in some parts of the country was among the factors behind the decision to transport waste from Agbogbloshie to another landfill site.Advertisement
Beyond expanding landfill capacity, Mr Ayariga said the government was also considering alternative waste-management technologies, including incineration and waste-to-energy systems.
“I agree with him that there are new ideas about how to manage waste such as incineration and the conversion of waste to energy through burning it and then using the heat to generate energy,” he said.
He said government was already engaging stakeholders on how such technologies could be adopted as part of Ghana’s long-term waste-management strategy.
“I have had those; even this morning I was in a meeting discussing how we should do that as a country,” he added.
Mr Ayariga said the government’s broader approach would seek to move away from relying solely on landfill disposal by exploring ways to convert waste into useful resources, including energy.
