{"id":1761,"date":"2025-04-30T19:57:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2025-04-30T19:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:57:22","slug":"climate-change-advisors-ghana-partners-with-ucc-cctu-in-zero-plastic-waste-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/?p=1761","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Advisors Ghana Partners with UCC, CCTU in “Zero Plastic Waste” Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
As part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability and reduce plastic pollution in Ghana, Climate Change Advisors Ghana (CCAG) has donated plastic waste bins to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU). <\/p>\n

The donation forms part of CCAG’s “Zero Plastic Waste” campaign, a nationwide initiative aimed at encouraging responsible waste disposal and promoting a recycling culture within educational institutions and local communities.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a brief presentation ceremony,\u00a0 Dr. Samuel Ayeh Ofori,\u00a0 Director of Research and Programmes at CCAG and Senior Lecturer at UCC, highlighted the vision of the initiative.\u00a0 He explained that one of the adaptation strategies to enhance institutional and coastal resilience is the provision of plastic waste collection bins to support waste management systems.<\/p>\n

The Executive Director and Co-founder of CCAG,\u00a0 Mr. Peter Doh, elaborated on the organisation’s operations and its goal to recycle plastic waste. He noted that transforming plastic waste into useful products such as pavement blocks through shredding and repurposing contributes to the circular economy.<\/p>\n

Professor Denis W. Aheto,\u00a0 Pro Vice-Chancellor of UCC, thanked CCAG for the timely donation and suggested exploring other avenues for value addition. He encouraged the organisation to sustain the initiative by also considering the business potential as a means of generating resources for long-term impact.<\/p>\n

Mr. Salisu,\u00a0 a lecturer at UCC, noted that the donation was timely, especially as the university prepares to introduce source segregation on campus.<\/p>\n

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Presentation of plastic waste bins at CCTU\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

At Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU), Dr. Stephen Agyefi-Mensah,\u00a0 Acting Director of Works and Physical Development,\u00a0 received the donation on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor and Management. He commended CCAG for the gesture and shared that the university has introduced a “Works Volunteer Service” programme,\u00a0 which encourages students to support climate action efforts.\u00a0 The programme includes a “Green and Clean CCTU” module focused on sustainable practices. <\/p>\n

Dr. Nana Esi Baduwa Taylor,\u00a0 Patron of the Green Club at CCTU,\u00a0 expressed appreciation for CCAG’s support. She highlighted the alignment between the university’s “Love Project” and CCAG’s “Zero Plastic Waste” initiative, noting the positive impact of such collaborations on student engagement in environmental issues. She also suggested awarding certificates for voluntary service to enhance students’ CVs and encourage participation.<\/p>\n

Dr. Baduwa Taylor appealed to Climate Change Advisors Ghana for additional bins and opportunities for further collaboration to help sustain efforts to combat plastic waste on campus.<\/p>\n

As part of their broader plans, CCAG is working closely with the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and other stakeholder groups to ensure the smooth collection, transport, and treatment of plastic waste in line with national environmental standards.<\/p>\n

By: Yusuf Ibrahim Dadzie<\/p>\n

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Source: SHYN MEDIA GH<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Dated:\u00a0 April 11, 2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability and reduce plastic pollution in Ghana, Climate Change Advisors Ghana (CCAG) has donated plastic waste bins to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU).  The donation forms part of CCAG’s “Zero Plastic Waste” campaign, a nationwide initiative aimed at encouraging responsible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_thinkrank_schema_form_data":"","_thinkrank_selected_schema_type":"","_thinkrank_additional_schemas":"","_thinkrank_canonical_url":"","_thinkrank_og_title":"","_thinkrank_og_description":"","_thinkrank_og_image":"","_thinkrank_twitter_title":"","_thinkrank_twitter_description":"","_thinkrank_twitter_image":"","_thinkrank_imported_from":"","_thinkrank_focus_keywords":[],"_thinkrank_focus_keyword":"","_thinkrank_robots_meta_enabled":0,"_thinkrank_robots_meta":"","_thinkrank_advanced_robots_meta":"","_thinkrank_primary_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_swpsp_post_exclude":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[34],"tags":[101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,41,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148],"class_list":["post-1761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-1d1f","tag-50-years","tag-75th-birthday","tag-adom-tv","tag-akwasi-nsiah","tag-alhajj-joseph-antobam","tag-amorhkor-art-haus","tag-appreciation-day","tag-aquinas-tawiah-quansah","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-astroturf","tag-atiabs","tag-attakwaa-t-i-ahmadiyya-basic-school","tag-awards-day","tag-campaign","tag-campaign-tour","tag-carols-day","tag-ccag","tag-cctu","tag-central","tag-central-region","tag-chief-hamilton-nixon-biney","tag-chiefs","tag-climate-change","tag-coastal-fm-94-9-mhz","tag-concerned-citizens","tag-conditions-of-service","tag-dce","tag-development","tag-district-coordinating-director","tag-dr-mahamudu-bawumia","tag-dr-mrs-eunice-nana-aba-smart-kwainoe","tag-dr-othniel-ekow-kwainoe","tag-dual-desks","tag-ebiram","tag-ebo-quansah","tag-education","tag-ekow-simpson","tag-ekrawfo","tag-ekrawfo-mhogabi","tag-ekumfi","tag-ekumfi-abor","tag-ekumfi-attakwaa","tag-ekumfi-constituency","tag-ekumfi-district-assembly","tag-ekumfi-district-education","tag-ekumfi-district-education-directorate","tag-ekumfi-fruits-and-juices-company-limited","tag-ekumfi-health-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1763,"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions\/1763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climateadvisors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}