General News of Saturday, 15 December 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comRawlings calls for environmental vigilantismFormer President Rawlings and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, Joseph Siaw AgyepongFormer President Jerry John Rawlings has called on Ghanaians to protect the environment by adopting community environmental vigilantism. He said the disregard for good environmental habits had contributed to a dangerous rise in global warming. Flt Lt Rawlings also harped on the harm of plastic waste on our oceans, disclosing that globally over eight million metric tonnes of plastic waste was dumped in the ocean annually. Flt Lt Rawlings confessed however that he was originally not happy with the operations of the company because he learnt a chunk of District Assembly budgets had been dedicated to it. He mentioned the expansion and diversification from waste collection to waste management solutions in converting solid and liquid waste into fertilizer and other useful byproducts as very admirable.

Source: GhanaWeb December 15, 2018 09:56 UTC