[ 2017-02-02 ]

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng is Minister-designate for Env't, Science, Technology and Innovation

We don’t need landfill sites – Frimpong-Boateng
Minister Nominee for Environment, Innovation,
Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena
Frimpong-Boateng, has said going forward there
would be no need for Ghana to have landfill sites,
to keep waste which is often burnt, instead of
being recycled.

Addressing members of Parliament’s Appointments
Committee on how he intends to make use of the
country’s excess waste, Dr. Frimpong-Boateng
said every form of waste is another raw material
to generate energy and other useful things that
will benefit the country.

“I don’t think there should be any landfill
sites because these things that we call waste are
raw material that we need to produce either
energy, compost or something else. So we want to
come to a point like Sweden, where they want to
import waste from other countries so that they can
process. So we have to do away with these landfill
sites and its attendant problems.”

Ghana spends several millions of cedis in its
attempt to manage waste effectively, but has
achieved very little over the years.

Several parts of the country are still engulfed in
filth, despite the introduction of the National
Sanitation Day.

Landfill sites are a source of conflict between
city authorities and residents in the communities
they are located.

Residents of Oblogo, Achimota, and other towns
across the country complain about the stench and
diseases caused by the landfill sites.

In some places, city authorities have been forced
to shut down sites due to protests from residents.


Recycling Waste Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng
also listed a number of waste products from
worn-out car tyres, sawdust, dirty oil, and other
forms of urban waste, to create a lot of useful
things that will benefit the country in saving the
environment and generating revenue.

“There are a lot of wastes; I will start with
lorry tyres which are everywhere. We will intend
to do a recycling to convert them into fuel; we
have dirty engine oil which is thrown into
gutters. The oil itself doesn’t change although
it is dirty; so the technology will be to remove
those additives and impurities and then we can
still make money from it and save our environment.
We also want to recycle hard plastics which can be
used again. We want to do E-waste or electronic
waste which is also possible” he noted.

‘About Prof. Frimpong Boateng’

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is a trained
physician and cardiothoracic surgeon who
established the National Cardiothoracic Center and
the Ghana Red Cross Society.

He is also the President of the Ghana Heart
Foundation and was once the Chief Executive
Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in
Accra.

In March 2006, he announced his intention to
contest the New Patriotic Party presidential
primaries for the December 2008 National
Presidential Elections.

He however lost in his attempt against now
President-elect, Nana Akuffo-Addo, who had
subsequently lost the 2008 elections to the
National Democratic Congress’ (NDC), John Evans
Atta-Mills.

Prof. Frimpong-Boateng is married with five
children, and he’s very passionate about science
and technology, which remains pivotal to any
country’s development.

Source - citibsinessnews.com

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