The Ghana Plastic Manufacturers Association (GMPA) has appealed to government to come up with a legislative instrument to regulate the use and management of plastics in the country as was already pertaining in three African countries.
The Ghana Plastic Manufacturers Association (GPMA) is calling on the government to release the GH₵912 million that has accrued from the Environmental Excise Tax funds to tackle plastic waste issues in the country.
Ghana Plastic Manufacturers’ Association was founded in 2004 by plastic manufacturers’ and supported by the Ministry of Trade & Industries.GPMA was the first to initiate commercial plastic waste recycling in Ghana in the year 2006. The most popular one in Ghana is the collection and sale of empty water sachet plastic waste business.
