ASASE Foundation Community-based Collection and Recycling Project
A Ghanian project that involves the community to collect and recycle plastic in Accra.
Overview
The ASASE Foundation project is a community-based plastic waste collection and recycling project established in Ghana in 2019. The project involves starting small recycling plants as social enterprises in communities where plastic pollution is most severe, and empowering women entrepreneurs to build their own plastic waste collection businesses as a sustainable source of income and employment. Networks of waste pickers collect PP, LDPE, HDPE and PET from numerous sources including households, businesses, schools, markets and landfill. The collected waste is transported to ASASE’s collection centres and warehouses for aggregation. All sorting is conducted in the warehouses, from where it is transferred to ASASE’s Cash It! plants for washing and processing into shred, pellets, and plastic lumber.
Certification
Verra Plastic ProgramPLASTIC PROGRAM
The Plastic Waste Reduction Standard (Plastic Program) is a global framework developed by Verra to encourage and verify activities that reduce plastic waste in the environment. The program provides a standardized approach for organizations to measure, track, and report on plastic waste collection and recycling efforts.
Project highlights
Building waste management and recycling infrastructure.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Text, figures and photographs on this page are reproduced from the project’s public record on offset.org.
