Over the past 15 years, there have been an impressive increase in the amount of both flexible and rigid plastics recycling. We have seen many people engaged in collection, washing and transportation of plastic waste to recycling plants, creating new opportunities for jobs whilst making efforts to clean the environment of plastic waste. There are 99 SME’s and 8 Medium to Large Scale well-established companies and 27 Cottage Industries in plastic recycling doing over 241,530 metric tons of flexible and rigid plastics annually. We also have 46 SME’s and 2 Large Scale companies in PET recycling (PET Flakes) doing about 8,760 metric tons annually. PET Resin consumption or Preform production as at June 2021 stood at 7,110 metric tons per month or 85,363 metric tons annually, this excludes imports of finished plastic packaging. PET waste recycling is rising significantly, mostly in the process of collection, washing, heat treatment and flaking for exports. Currently, plastic waste purchase amounts to Ghs 298.596 mn i.e. $ 48.95 mn or Euro 41.471 mn annually (exchange rate as at 24/8/2021. Currently, plastic waste recovery rate are as follows; Flexibles i.e. Pure Water Waste 73%, Rigid i.e. furniture 79%, PET 10.26%, Shopping bags 0% and thin micron bags 0%.

GPMA in collaboration with Plastic Waste Management Program Ghana has supported Plastic Waste Collector Associations with Logistics. GPMA has educational campaign dubbed ‘’The Schools Recycling Projects’’ in over one hundred schools within the Greater Accra, Central and Eastern Regions of Ghana. Our Partners and Collaborators are: Plastic Waste Management Program Ghana, (PWMPG), Plastic Producer Responsibility Organization Ghana (PPROG), Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE), Food & Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG), National Association of Sachet & Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP), Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Plastic Recyclers & Aggregators Association of Ghana (PRAAG), Pure Water Waste Collectors Association (PWWCA), Institute of Packaging Ghana (IoPG), Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (MoLGRD), Ministry of Sanitation & Water Resources (MoSWR), Ministry of Environment Science & Technology (MoESTI) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).