Zoomlion Ghana Limited has resumed operations at its Teshie Waste Transfer Station after a four-year shutdown, following a directive by President John Dramani Mahama to strengthen waste management efforts in the aftermath of recent flooding.
The facility resumed operations as part of the company’s response to the two-day national cleanup exercise held on July 10 and 11 in flood-affected communities across the country.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, July 13, 2026, the Operations Manager of the Teshie Transfer Station, Naa Ayorkor Koney, said the station had remained closed for the past four years until the presidential directive paved the way for its reopening.
She said the facility is strategically positioned to receive waste from four Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs)—Ledzokuku, Krowor, La Dade-Kotopon and Tema West—and has sufficient capacity to handle the waste generated within those jurisdictions.
“We can take as much waste as comes in daily from these four areas,” she said.
She explained that waste transfer stations play a critical role in the waste management chain by allowing collection vehicles to offload waste closer to communities rather than travelling long distances to final disposal sites.
According to her, before the introduction of transfer stations, waste collectors often spent days travelling to and queuing at landfill sites, reducing the frequency of household waste collection.
“Some of our boys spend about three days in a queue just to dump and then come back to collect the waste from households. But with the introduction of these transfer stations, these same tricycles are able to dump about five or six times in a day,” she said.
Madam Koney said the efficiency gains were evident during the recent national cleanup exercise, with collection teams making multiple trips daily to clear waste from flood-hit communities.
She also dismissed concerns about the station’s ability to cope with the increased volume of waste generated during the exercise.
“The evidence is on the ground. When you come in here today, you wouldn’t even see a trace of the waste that we have received from Thursday when we started operations to support the cleanup exercise,” she said.
Zoomlion Chief Executive Officer Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong has said the company will continue clearing waste collected during the nationwide cleanup until all refuse is transported to treatment and final disposal sites.
