{"id":155069,"date":"2023-12-18T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=155069"},"modified":"2024-05-14T14:12:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:12:04","slug":"combatting-plastic-pollution-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/news\/combatting-plastic-pollution-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Combatting plastic pollution in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ghana generates about 1.1 million tonnes of plastic waste per year. Due to a lack of proper waste management, only about 5% is recycled; the rest often ends up in the environment, is burnt or finds its way to a landfill. Most of these problematic plastics are single-use plastics (SUPs), which have a significant negative effect on both humans and wildlife. Plastic management in Ghana has not been enough to effectively address the issue. In 2021, Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) launched a campaign to combat the issue of plastic pollution. The goal is a ban on single-use plastics in Ghana by 2025.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Header photo: Gloria Agyare (left) campaigns against plastic pollution. \u00a9 GYEM<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ghana Youth Environmental Movement<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Gloria Agyare, one of the organisers of the campaign, has been with GYEM for several years. As a young person herself, she feels drawn to the unique youth-led approach that GYEM has. \u2018More than 50% of Ghana\u2019s population are young people. So the future of our country really depends on them. We have to work with them if we want to work towards a better Ghana, to build the sustainable future we envision as a country. Collaboration is key in the work we do and for this reason GYEM works together with other environmental organisations, including Reusable Bags Ghana, and IUCN NL-partner A Rocha Ghana to champion this cause.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\"><p class=\"cookiebanner_video_embed\" id=\"wkg6c7kzch0adwsf\"> In order to view this movie you have to accept &#8216;Social media and advertising&#8217; cookies. Click <a class=\"open-cookie-settings\">here<\/a> to change your cookie settings.  <script>if(!window.dgmCookieVideoBlocks) { window.dgmCookieVideoBlocks=[]; } window.dgmCookieVideoBlocks.push({ content: \"<figure class='wp-block-video'><video height='480' style='aspect-ratio: 848 \/ 480;' width='848' controls src='https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/24-05-14-12-27-12-69df.mp4'><\/video><\/figure>\", id: \"wkg6c7kzch0adwsf\" });<\/script> <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Experience the trailer by the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) advocating for the ban on single-use plastics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The campaign against SUPs<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Gloria explains: \u2018Ghana has already seen the impact of plastic pollution. It\u2019s time for a transition away from plastic. Fortunately for Ghana, we have examples to inspire us from across the continent, even beyond. For a sustainable future, we do not want plastic. We want to leave it behind.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>\u2018The ultimate dream is that we achieve our vision, which is a ban on single-use plastics by 2025. Seeing people from all over Ghana rallying for this cause proves to me that this is achievable. The people are the ones with the power. I would like to see Africans going back to their indigenous ways of living like going to the market with their own baskets and also seeing a change in mind-set.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Together with a ban on single-use plastics, GYEM also works on empowering the public through providing them with information and knowledge on the negative effects of plastic pollution, and promoting locally available sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics. In November, they organised two events for the local public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>\u2018As part of our campaign we had two durbars, which are small gatherings of people: one at Kaneshie market, one at Accra Tema Lorry Station. We chose these two locations specifically because it is a place where a lot of single-use plastics are sold and used. At the durbar, we spoke on the effect of single-use plastics on the environment and on people. Furthermore, we taught our audience, particularly market women how to upcycle old clothes into reusable bags for shopping. Anyone who was just passing by, going about their day, was welcome. The goal was to sensitise as many people as possible.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengthen the Roots<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>IUCN NL, GYEM and A Rocha Ghana work together in the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/project\/strengthen-the-roots\/\">Strengthen the Roots<\/a>. Strengthening the Roots supports small community organisations that stand up for nature in and around their communities, enabling them to mobilise local support for their work. Small organisations are put in touch with larger conservation organisations to strengthen their networks. In Ghana, A Rocha Ghana <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/news\/change-the-game-academy-local-organisations-become-drivers-of-change\/\">trains nine small ngo\u2019s and community-based organisations<\/a>, including GYEM, on local resource mobilisation and fundraising.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>\u2018Funding is critical for movements like ours,\u2019 Gloria explains. \u2018Over the past years, we have mobilised funds through various initiatives to propel the work we do at the grassroots. We\u2019ve also received training from Strengthen the Roots. This has provided us with insights on stakeholders and ways to generate funds as a youth movement to push our agenda. 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