Who owns waste

It is impossible to be competitive with the informal sector. We are working very closely with the people there. We train them what not to do, like hitting a TV or computer screen with a hammer or how to handle hazardous waste. Whenever we are looking for new employees for our plant there, we recruit them there. From time to time, we also provide people with small tools like screwdrivers so they can dismantle things properly.

In Agbobloshie, many people do not use gloves or nose masks. It is heartbreaking to see them barefoot and with terrible injuries. Most people disappear after four or five years. People close their eyes to the danger. It is obvious and every day sees it but nobody is doing anything. At least not so far. Countries like Rwanda and Kenya have introduced strict rules and regulations for plastic bags.

Do you also wish similar regulations for Ghana? Regarding plastic, the government in Ghana wanted to ban plastic, but the industry has a strong lobby. After that, they tried to introduce biodegradable plastic. I oppose this approach because this would increase the mentality of throwing stuff in the environment. For the future, I would rather see that the industry itself introduces a payback system for plastic. Another problem is the enforcement of rules. What are your plans for the future and what keeps you going?

This shows clearly that we are paving the way for many others to follow. We just started to build our new factory. We want to open it partially this year and intend to have another people working there. In the s, Americans started to embrace a more environmentally friendly mindset.

Waste Management was already professionally and responsibly disposing of waste, and we expanded our commitment to the environment by beginning to address complex specialized waste. We were one of the first truly integrated waste companies, not only collecting waste but responsibly managing the landfills it ends up in. And we were also one of the first to recognize the burgeoning recycling movement, building robust collection, materials recovery and materials marketing infrastructures to ensure that more of our waste finds a second life.

Z-Best processes up to 1, tons per day of yard trimmings into compost that is sold to Salinas Valley farmers for use on crops and up to tons per day of municipal solid waste and food waste into compost that is sold to the local landscaping industry. Zero Waste Energy Development Company is a joint venture between GreenWaste Recovery and Zanker Road Resource Management and was formed to develop and operate the first dry fermentation anaerobic digestion facility in the United States.

Zero Waste is designing and permitting a , tons per year Dry Fermentation Anaerobic Digestion AD Facility in San Jose that will be developed in phases; each of the three phases will be capable of processing 90, tons per year of organic materials. Wayne Huizenga was born in a Chicago suburb in and moved to Florida in his teens. After his parents divorced, he lived with his mother, driving a truck and pumping gas after school and on weekends to help with expenses.

Following a brief sting in the army and college, Wayne Huizenga left school to work with a family friend who owned a garbage collection company.

Within two years, he bought his own truck and branched out on his own. It eventually grew into Waste Management Inc. Wayne Huizenga was legendary for his hard work.

When first starting out, he would drive the truck from am until noon then spend the rest of the day knocking on doors and introducing himself to drum up new business. The company grew to 40 trucks locally, then merged with another business in Chicago to form Waste Management Inc under Wayne Huizenga's direction. WMI soon went public and used its newfound buying power to acquire nearly local and regional garbage services, making it the largest waste disposal company in the U.

Great entrepreneurs don't just start businesses—and Wayne Huizenga knew this all too well. Sometimes they see the potential in an underdeveloped company and buy it to develop it. It is what he and two partners did in with Blockbuster.