The aim is to provide appropriate environmental education to the youth and encourage them to develop an interest in the lucrative waste recycling business whiles also helping to reduce indiscriminate waste disposal and its negative impacts on the environment.
Ms Serwaah Gyawu, Co-Founder of EcoCent, who made this known, said the objective was to use the students as "proper waste management ambassadors" in their homes and communities, to support the government's vision of making Ghana the cleanest country in Africa.
She was speaking at a students' durbar held at the Kumasi Wesley Girls Senior High School (K-Wey Gey Hey), in Kumasi.