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convened a second stake- holder forum on 8 Novem- ber 2019. The aim was to discuss how the different stakeholders are contributing already to recovering and recycling plastics and the challenges they are facing for upscaling: plastic producers, food and beverage industry, recyclers, waste collectors, NGOs, start-ups, and local governments. The challenges plastic recyclers are facing are diverse: they range from plastic material that is not coded or locally recyclable, and extremely high interest rates for financing invest- ments in recycling technol- ogy and high import taxes, to poor collection infrastructure and the absence of an extended producer responsi- bility system.
Recycled PET flake In spite of these obsta-
cles, the Ghanaian industry is recognising the potential of recycling and is becom- ing increasingly interested in plastic waste as a second- ary raw material. To promote recycling and second-life solutions to reduce the impacts of post-consump- tion waste on the environ- ment, a group of eight international companies from the chemical as well as food and beverage industry
has taken the initiative and founded the Ghana Recy- cling Initiative by Private Enterprise (GRIPE), estab- lished under the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI). The Plastics Recycling
World Exhibition 2020, taking place on 3-4 June 2020 in Essen, Germany, which is Europe’s leading focused event for plastics recycling, provides an excellent opportunity to get to know innovative techno-
logical solutions and to establish business contacts. Within the scope of the project, GIZ will therefore invite a delegation of the Ghanaian plastics and recycling industry to the trade-show. For meetings, the delegation will have its own exhibition booth and will be discussing the potential for co-operation in a specific side-event. Although Ghana has still a long way to go, important steps have been initiated to pave the way towards a circular economy. Progress can even be witnessed at Accra’s beaches where more and more PET bottles are collected for recycling. For more information
contact
michael.funcke-
bartz@giz.de
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