Inadequate waste bins makes waste collection difficult.
More so when it has to do with different kinds of waste.
A lot of money and time are spent on separating waste for recycling.
Fortunately, students of Obuasi Senior High Technical School are addressing the challenge by developing an automatic waste separator.
Most of the concern for waste management in Ghana are at the urban areas where a variety of waste are produced.
The predominant wastes being domestic solid waste, industrial waste and construction waste.
The bin is a solar-powered automated machine which sorts out the waste materials. It has a compartment each for the waste that is sorted.
These are wood and paper, metal, plastic and wet materials. It sends an SMS alert to the owner when it is full. The bin has four sensors for each of the materials.
It also has light indicators representing the different materials that turn on when the waste material is shown to the sensor.
“When you show a plastic waste to the sensor, a light indicating that the waste is plastic turns on and the bin automatically opens for the individual to drop the plastic.
“The bin automatically sorts the plastic waste into the respective compartment. Metal, paper and wet waste materials also follow the same process,” they said.
Head of the Obuasi Sec-Tech Robotics club, Mr. Solomon Nchor was grateful to the collaborators for making the project possible.
"We're grateful to Prof. Robert Tamakloe of KNUST, who supervised this project, Dr. Adams Misbau of KsTU, Dr. Margaret Ansah of University of Ghana and Madam Catherine of UNDP Ghana,” he said.
The project was funded by the Coca-Cola foundation after they emerged first runner up of a competition aimed at waste management in the country.
Latest Stories
-
Civilians will no longer have personal military protection detail – GAF Council
56 minutes -
Gov’t to decentralise recruitment into security services – Mahama
1 hour -
Court grants man bail over assault
1 hour -
Cyber Security Authority outdoors Edem as Ambassador for Safer Digital Ghana Campaign
2 hours -
Calls for my removal biggest joke – Hannah Bissiw denies wrongdoing in Ablekuma North rerun fallout
2 hours -
South Dayi chiefs pay courtesy call on BoG Governor, discuss dev’t projects
2 hours -
See areas that will be affected by ECG’s planned maintenance on July 17
2 hours -
Mahama pledges to complete Kejetia Market, Suame Interchange, other Ashanti Region projects
2 hours -
Keep teacher licensure exam to protect quality – Eduwatch warns amid reform plans
2 hours -
Parliament passes Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill
2 hours -
4 dead, scores trapped as mining pit collapses in Akyem Wenchi
2 hours -
Tamale drug bust: Court remands distributor caught with 447 boxes of tramadol
2 hours -
We’ll arrest all underage ‘pragyia’ riders and hold owners responsible – MTTD
2 hours -
Clubs that flout GFA Standard Player Contract should face suspension – Kojo Addae Mensah
4 hours -
Clubs should be able to pay at least $200 monthly to players – Kojo Addae Mensah
4 hours