Kumasi compost plant 70 percent complete

The Kumasi Compost Plant being constructed at Adagya in the Bosomtwe district of Ashanti is about 70 per cent complete and scheduled for completion for production by the end of this year. 

It is expected that operationalization of the Plant, the second in Ghana after the one in Accra, will substantially help to address the perennial challenge of environmental sanitation in Kumasi and the host district. 

This came to the fore during an unannounced visit of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, to the project site to learn at first hand, the progress of work and also to find out the support he could offer towards the project.

The Regional Minister was led around the huge project located on a 100 acre land by the Project Engineer, Philip Opoku-Amankwaah. 

It was revealed also that the Compost Plant which construction began in 2013, will be an integrated waste processing factory that has many compartments and is being built in two phases. 

The Project Engineer noted that the Plant will convert both liquid and solid waste materials into energy, plastic into pellets for the manufacture of polythene materials and also for organic manure for crop production. 

Mr. Opoku-Amankwaah said the Plant at it optimal operation will produce 600 tons of compost per day. 

He noted that as part of its corporate social responsibility, the company will provide certain social amenities including education for the Adagya Community, while job opportunities will also be available for inhabitants of the town. 

On environmental sustainability of the Plant’s operation, the Project Engineer said all the appropriate measures have been made to ensure that no pollution is caused to the natural environment including sources of water within its operational area.

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah expressed delight at the construction of such factory in the region, noting that its completion would bring a big relief to the local governments in waste management. 

He was particularly happy about the impact its products would have on food production in the region at large. 

He pledged to facilitate the construction of the seven kilometre access road from Esereso to the project site to facilitate movement to and from the area, while addressing the health problems being posed to people staying along that road as a result of the excessive dust generated from movement of vehicles which ply that road.

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