Heneba Kwadwo Safo, the founder and leader of Buzstopboys, an NGO committed to improving sanitation across Ghana, has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama for government support to establish a large-scale plastic recycling plant aimed at turning waste into construction materials and creating massive youth employment.
Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen, he appealed that government allocate about five acres of land to enable the group set up a fully equipped recycling facility.
According to him, the plant would process plastic waste into useful products such as pavement blocks and potentially materials for road construction.
“We will request for a 5-acre land from President Mahama and assist us to set up a complete plastic recycling machine. Once you put the shredded waste into it, by the time it comes out, it will become pavement blocks,” he said.
He explained that with the right technology, melted plastic can be cooled and moulded into durable building materials, adding that additional chemical processes could further strengthen the final product.
“There is a technology that will cool it and turn them into moulds. Because it is plastic, the probability of it breaking is high, but there are chemicals that you can add to solidify it,” he noted.
Heneba Safo added that beyond pavement blocks, the innovation could be expanded for use in road construction, arguing that the material could even be more durable than some conventional alternatives when properly treated.
He stressed that the project, if supported with state backing, could become a major employment driver for young people across the country.
“We can even use it as an alternative for road construction because it is more durable than some of the things we use. He should resource us to build a whole plastic recycling plant on that land. With state backing, this can create more than one million jobs for young people,” he added.
He urged government to consider the proposal as part of broader efforts to tackle plastic pollution while creating sustainable jobs.
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