Recycling plant site investigation

Description

Environmentally sound disposal and recycling of e-waste: capacity development and operation of the technical training centre at the Old Fadama Scrap Yard (‘Agbogbloshie’). The increasing waste from electric and electronic devices accelerates e-waste generation also in Ghana. The absence of a functional formal recycling industry allows informal e-waste workers making their living from just extracting the contained valuable metals. However, many of their dismantling practices do serious harm to health, environment and climate. Against this backdrop, the objective of the technical cooperation (TC) module (phase 2) is to contribute to improving the sustainability of WEEE management in Ghana. The TC module focuses on the following three fields of activity: 1) Improvement of the capacities of state actors for the management of WEEE; 2) Strengthening private sector actors for the recovery of WEEE along the recycling; 3) Initiating the transition process of the scrap yard in Old Fadama towards a sustainable recycling park in a conflict-sensitive way, ensuring the participation of women working at the scrap yard. The first component operates at the macro level and aims at strengthening the capacities of state actors: MESTI to effectively coordinate the sector dialogue on the implementation of the e-waste policy and involve the relevant ministries, city administrations, private sector, NGOs; EPA to take over its supervisory role effectively, ensuring the environmental sustainability of the e-waste policy. It also includes capacity development at the local government level for appropriate management of waste from electric and electronic equipment. The second component targets the private sector along the entire WEEE recycling chain, including the development of innovative business models. The third component comprises Train-the-Trainer activities, the operation of the Technical Training Centre (TTC) at the Old Fadama Scrap Yard (‘Agbogbloshie’). The service provider will provide and manage a team of international and national short-term experts for: (a) capacity development at the Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies level; (b) providing technical training on appropriate management of waste from electric and electronic equipment together with training of trainers; (c) operating the TTC.