Private waste management company | Main output of interviews | |
Service provision | Challenges | |
A | Registration of users | Affordability of monthly dues for users (GHC15) |
| Bin provision | Difficult terrain |
| Waste collection: weekly from residential premises | Staff shortage |
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| Inadequate landfill sites |
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| Payments at the landfill sites (GHC12 per ton of waste) |
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| Attack by land guards |
B | Registration of users | Inadequate dump sites |
| Bin provision |
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| Waste collection: weekly from residential premises | Payments at the landfill sites (GHC 15 - 18) |
C | Registration of users | Difficult terrain, especially during the rains (June/July, 2014) |
| Bin provision, house stickers | Breakdown of compactor trucks |
| Waste collection: weekly from residential premises; more often from commercial premises |
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D | Registration of users | Difficulty getting users to pay for services |
| Easy payment plan | Difficult terrains during rains |
| Bin provision, house stickers | Inadequate dump sites |
| Waste collection: weekly from residential premises | Payment at dumpsite (GHC 20) |
E | Registration of users (sometimes free) | Difficult terrain during the rains |
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| Limited access to landfill sites due to long queues, some sites do not open on Sundays |
| Bin provision, house stickers |
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| Waste collection: weekly from residential premises |
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