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

Inadequate landfill sites

Payments at the landfill sites (GHC12 per ton of waste)

Attack by land guards

B

Registration of users

Inadequate dump sites

Bin provision

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

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

Limited access to landfill sites due to long queues, some sites do not open on Sundays

Bin provision, house stickers

Waste collection: weekly from residential premises