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Jekora Ventures - Recyclables to green products

Last updated: Jul 6, 2022

Summary

Jekora Ventures is an integrated waste management company that collects and recycles waste materials. Jekora encourages waste segregation at source, hence they provide specific bins for their clients needs. Their diverse clientele includes residential, industrial, commercial, special and public toilet management. The waste recycled by Jekora includes, textiles, paper, organic among others. Additionally, Jekora Ventures manufactures organic compost and fortifier for farmers.

Problem

Lack of waste management is problematic in many regions of Ghana, contributing to pollution and therefore health and sanitation problems. As climate change is not helping with the issues, the urgency for solving them is ever more growing.

Solution

Jekora Ventures provide waste management solutions for residential, commercial, industrial and special waste, as well as public toilet management within the Osu Klotey Sub-Metropolitan area of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and in zone 2 of the Adentan Municipal Area under Public Private Partnership agreements in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Furthermore Jekora Venutres make the principle of recycling practical to participating businesses. They currently have over 120 commercial clients participating in this programme. Residents may also drop off their recyclables at any of their stations in Asylum down, Odawna or Jamestown.

Outcome

They also provide recycling solutions for organic waste, plastic, paper, textile and more. They additionally sell compost as a waste-to resource product. Finally, they act in special projets such as Ministerial Enclave Source Waste Segregation Waste to Food (WaFo) Creating and Capturing Value (CapVal) Coconut Waste Recycling.