Private Sector Involvement in Solid Waste Management in Ghana: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA)
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2010
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Waste Management and Research 4(28): 322-329
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Solid waste management (SWM) is becoming a major issue in most cities where the provision of such public service had hitherto been the sole responsibility of central government. However, the costs involved and the rate of waste generation have virtually forced city authorities to seek new arrangements with the private sector. This paper reviews public–private partnership (PPP) in SWM in the Greater Accra metropolitan area (GAMA) and reveals that the policy worked well until one of the stakeholders failed to deliver. It maintains that harnessing the social support, acceptability and participation is key to sustainable PPP. The paper calls for institutional and private sector collaboration
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Public–private partnership, solid waste management, Accra, Ghana, house-to-house collection, communal container collection