14th July, 2015

The Daily Graphic says despite calls to completely ban plastics, it believes it is the lack of enforcement on the rules on the use of plastics that has accounted for the uncontrolled waste in the country. The Paper says since the average Ghanaian has not been trained to separate waste, most of the plastics end up in places that make it unhygienic and unsafe to collect. The Paper therefore urges all stakeholders to collaborate to find a lasting management solution to the waste generated through the use of plastics by adopting acceptable practices such as proper separation and recycling. 

The Ghanaian Times is confident that a total ban on plastics is not the way to go. Rather, the country should control the menace or put plastics through income generating ventures from which the country could derive maximum benefit. The Times urges the government to support efforts of the Public/Private Partnership of plastic waste management by providing funds under the Plastic Recycling Fund to enable it to manage plastic hazards. The Paper believes plastics may not necessarily be a menace if well managed but a blessing. 

The Daily Heritage warns that the whole country would one day be consumed by the bloodshed and instability in the North if nothing is done to end it permanently. The Paper believes more ought to be done to maintain peace and also round up bloodthirsty leaders who are a major contributing factor to the conflict. The Paper calls on the elite in the North to get deeply involved in conflict resolution strategies.

GBC