Katanga Alumni Association has handed over a tricycle and 10 large bins to the University Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to aid waste disposal and management efforts at the hall.

The equipment has come to support waste transportation and collection which have become costly, owing to frequent breakdowns of existing waste disposal vehicles.

The University Hall can now save funds and commit to environmentally sustainable practices.

The University Hall of the KNUST, known as Katanga, accommodating over 700 students yearly, was faced with a shortage of waste bins.

The student accommodation facility was also compelled to use an already faulty waste collection vehicle.

The University Hall alumni group, named Katanga Alumni Association, led by the global president, Nana Otu Turkson, identified the hall's urgent need for waste management support and rallied resources to address the situation.

He reiterated the alumni’s commitment to supporting the hall.

“At every point when we decide to assist, we look at things of great need. This year we felt the hall had needs, so we assessed needs and recognized the urgent need for a vehicle to transport and manage waste. We decided to put our efforts together to make this happen.

“We have the responsibility to support the hall in several ways. My message to fellow Katangees is to continue to contribute our quota to the development of the hall and the university at large,” he said.

University Hall Master, Dr. Yao Elikem Ayepkle indicated that the consistent repairs of the broken vehicle led to excessive maintenance costs.

He was therefore elated for the intervention to ease financial burdens and contribute to the cleanliness of the facility.

“We generate a lot of waste in this hall. We have two tricycles and one is already broken and the other one is faulty. We send it to repairs every time, wasting money. So we were in dire need of a waste collector and a vehicle of this sort. And the alumni have come to help. So it will be very beneficial,” he said.