WHAT WE DO

Most municipalities and District Assemblies are confronted with challenges on how to dispose of their solid and liquid waste in their respective areas. A well-managed waste disposal mechanism will to a large extent minimize the spread of infections and diseases as well as enhance the quality of life in the environment. The data assembled in Table 8.12 show that 43.3 percent of all households burn their solid waste while 33.9 percent of households have their wastes collected. Other ways of solid waste disposal by households are disposal into public dump (container) 9.6 percent and public dump (open space) 7.3 percent. Five percent of households

bury their solid wastes.

Liquid waste disposal
Table 8.12 also shows that over two-fifths (46.5%) throw their liquid waste onto the compound, another 18.6 percent of households throw their water onto the street outside while 14.2 percent of households discharge their liquid waste into gutters. About 8.5 percent of households throw their liquid waste into soak away disposal systems while 6.7 percent of households throw their liquid waste through a drainage system into gutters. The sewerage system is used to dispose of liquid wastes by about 5.1 percent of all households.

GCMA however sees some of these challenges as attitudinal and strict enforcement of assembly by-laws and is therefore making franktic effort especially in the strict enforcement of the by-laws. GCMA intends to prosecute offenders who flaw the laws of the assembly. The assembly is also embaking on some initiatives by providing low cost effective toilet facilities under the name 'TOILET @ HALF PRICE' for residence of the municipality. Under this project which is been sponsored by the world bank (GAMA PROJECT) ,GCMA has been able to construct a number of toilets facilities in the ablekuma electoral area.

Table 8.12: Method of solid and liquid waste disposal (SOURCE:GHANA STATISTICAL SERVICE-2010 POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS)