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Jospong, Komptech begins nationwide expertise training for district waste managers

 The Jospong Group of Companies through an international collaboration with Komptech GmbH in a project dubbed “Jospong-Komptech Waste Academy” has begun an expertise training for all district waste managers of Zoomlion Ghana limited.

The training which forms part of a series of capacity enhancement programs targeted at developing waste management experts in Ghana kickstarted in the Ashanti Region and participants in the region were trained on Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM), Circular Economy, Composting, Landfill Management & Emissions Treatment and Thermal Wwaste Rrecovery (Refuse Derived Fuel).

Jospong, Komptech, Zoomlion

The project Manager of the Jospong-Komptech Waste Academy, Jacob Kwaku Ladi in an introductory remark explained that the Jospong Group through an International collaboration with Komptech GmbH, Austrian Developmemt Agency, Technical University of Vienna and ICEP (Social Impact NGO in Austria) acquired a grant to train and develop waste management experts in Ghana.

He stated that the project, which was launched in Accra last year, has already trained various levels of waste management professionals, including top executives and regional executives who received expert training by Komptech and a team from the Technical University of Vienna.

Jospong, Komptech, Zoomlion

Ladi pointed out that, selected staff from the Jospong Group undertook training and field trips in Austria to serve as local trainers with the aim of scaling up the training and train all district level-based waste managers nationwide.

He added that some members of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG) will also be given the opportunity to undergo training.

James Deku, a waste management trainer of the Academy took the participants through the ISWM, Circular Economy, Landfill management and emissions treatment.

Jospong, Komptech, Zoomlion

Isaac Awuah, also a trainer of the academy taught the participants composting and thermal energy recovery.

An excited participant, Alex Fordjour (Operations Assistant at the Nwabiagya Municipal Office) expressed his excitement for receiving such a comprehensive training which covers all the technical aspects of the works he undertakes at the district level.

The training was insightful and even though I hold a Bsc in Environmental Science from KNUST, my classroom training was not as insightful as I was thought by the trainers of the Jospong-Komptech Waste Academy”, he revealed.

Jospong, Komptech, Zoomlion

“I look forward to implementing all the waste management strategies in my district and help improve the public health in my community”, he added

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