The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and Numatter Recycling Technologies Limited have signed a binding feedstock agreement for the long-term supply of 100 metric tonnes of plastic waste per day to Ghana’s first industrial-scale pyrolysis plant.
The agreement, signed in Accra, is expected to pave the way for the full-scale construction and operationalisation of the 100-tonne-per-day waste-to-fuel facility, which aims to convert end-of-life plastics into useful industrial products, including fuel.
The project, first announced in September 2025 through a Memorandum of Understanding, has now transitioned from a framework of intent to a legally binding and commercially anchored arrangement.
Under the agreement, the AMA will coordinate and channel post-collection plastic waste streams from across the Accra metropolis to the facility, while Numatter Recycling Technologies will provide the processing and offtake capacity through a structured waste-to-fuel system.
The facility, which is expected to operate continuously for 24 hours a day and seven days a week, in line with the government’s 24-hour economy agenda, would process hard-to-recycle plastic materials, including sachets, multilayer films and other low-value plastics that are usually rejected by conventional recyclers.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Mayor of Accra, Hon. Michael Kpakpo Allotey, said the agreement represented a major step in the Assembly’s efforts to reposition plastic waste from an environmental burden into a strategic economic resource.
He said the partnership would support sustainable development, job creation, cleaner communities and improved environmental sanitation across the metropolis, stressing that plastic waste continued to pose a major challenge to the city, particularly because of its impact on drainage systems, flooding, public health and urban sanitation.
He said the agreement would help create a reliable end-market for plastic waste and reduce the volume of plastics that entered drains, waterways, landfills and open burning sites adding that the project was in line with the country’s broader circular economy and sustainable waste management agenda.
The Chief Executive Officer of Numatter Recycling Technologies Limited, Mr Kelvin Boateng, said the facility was projected to create about 1,500 direct and indirect jobs across waste collection, sorting, transportation, logistics, technical operations and plant management
He said the partnership between the AMA and Numatter demonstrated what could be achieved when public institutions and private sector innovators worked together to ensure that waste was converted into value.
The Chief Executive Officer of Hydroxy Systems Technologies, Mr Rakesh Reddy, said the signing of the binding agreement had changed the conversation from promise to implementation.
He said Hydroxy Systems’ patented technology had the capacity to support the deployment of a 100-tonne industrial-scale plant, provided there was feedstock volume, policy commitment and a long-term contractual foundation.
Mr Reddy said the plant would not only convert some of Ghana’s hardest-to-recycle plastics into pyrolysis oil but also demonstrate to the rest of Africa that hydrocarbon recovery from waste was commercially viable and replicable.
The facility will deploy Hydroxy Systems’ patented advanced pyrolysis technology, described as a closed-loop and emission-controlled system designed to maximise resource recovery while reducing environmental impact
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