Challenges faced by Zoomlion Ghana Limited in the Management of Solid Waste in Ghana

Abstract

In Ghana, waste collection and disposal have become some of the topical issues hotly debated in the academia, at policy level and among civil society. The matter has been a major challenge facing Ghana as waste management institutions are inundated with the task of collaborating with major stakeholders in search for sustainable solutions. Abrokwah (1998) argued that the country’s inability to enforce existing laws, among others, is making it impossible for Ghana to win any war against the perennial sanitation problems confronting the country. It is against this background that this case study was carried out at Zoomlion Ghana Limited, as the major player in the management of solid waste in Ghana. The main objectives were to find out challenges confronting the waste management giant as well as the quality of collaboration between the company and Government. Other objectives were to find out from the respondent whether current laws were effective enough to help them deal with the worsening sanitation issues. The study adopted and administered a Likert scale questionnaire and a structured interview guide. The Group Head of Corporate Communications of Zoomlion filled the questionnaire and granted the interview. It was established that Zoomlion Ghana is inundated with major challenges as existing laws could have helped in addressing the challenges of political interference, lack of enforcement of existing laws, low budgetary allocations amidst negative behaviourial tendencies. The study then recommended a depoliticisation of sanitation management institutions and advocated for more investment and budgetary allocations from central government to help address the challenges. The study also called for the swift application of the law to sanitation related offenses in the country. For further studies, the researcher called for a quantitative but expanded research into the phenomenon since current study was limited to the major partner (Zoomlion Ghana Ltd.) to central government. It is the hope of the researcher that this study will not only be useful to policy makers and investors in the industry but will also add to existing knowled.