First ever Ghana Plastics Leadership Awards in the offing
In a landmark moment for Ghana’s fight against plastic pollution, the Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) will host the inaugural Ghana Plastics Leadership Awards on Thursday, 4 December in Accra.
The first ever award under the theme, “Driving Change, Shaping the Future: Ghana’s Plastic Action Story” aims at honouring impact and igniting momentum.
Over 150 guests and awardees are expected to grace the event to celebrate the change-makers that are shaping tomorrow.
NPAP is the country’s pioneering multi-stakeholder platform and Africa’s first member of the Global Plastic Action Partnership.
An official statement copied to the GNA in Accra, said: “Ghana is writing a new chapter in Africa’s plastics story: one of leadership, innovation, and collective will.”
“This high-profile ceremony will not only celebrate the trailblazers transforming Ghana’s plastics landscape but also signal the powerful resurgence of the NPAP as a unified force for a circular plastics economy.”
Since its inception in October 2019 as an initiative of the World Economic Forum in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Ghana NPAP has emerged as the national engine for cross-sector collaboration.
With over 120 partners from government, private sector, civil society, and international organisations, the Partnership operates on three strategic pillars.
These pillars include converting communities and curating conversations; generating insights and action roadmaps, and catalysing coordinated action to scale solutions.
A 21-member Steering Board and six specialised Task Forces covering Policy, Financing, Innovation, Inclusivity, Behaviour Transformation, and Harmonized Metrics have driven transformative outcomes, which include the first ever National Action Roadmap and Financing Roadmap for plastic pollution, a Gender Equality Strategy and Baseline Analysis embedding inclusivity in waste management.
The rests are groundbreaking Inclusive Social Context Assessment of Ghana’s informal plastics sector, launched on 15 May 2025, which has now elevated child pickers in landfill sites to a national social protection priority within the Social Welfare Information Management System (SWIMS).
Also, support for Ghana’s first national standards for food-grade recycled PET (rPET), aligning the country with global benchmarks and a tailored Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) strategy co-developed with the Policy Task Force.
The Plastic Action Initiative Tracker (PAIT) – a 2022 publication now inspiring nationwide collaboration.
A forthcoming national citizen engagement campaign, with TV, radio, and digital assets ready to shift public behaviour toward sustainable waste practices, all form part of the driven transformative outcomes.
“After a period of strategic repositioning, the NPAP is roaring back, and the Ghana Plastics Leadership Awards will be the centerpiece of this renewal.”
“As Ghana edges closer to a truly circular plastics economy, we must pause to honour the innovators, policymakers, and community leaders who have kept this vision alive,” said a spokesperson for the NPAP Secretariat.
“This is more than an awards ceremony. It’s a reconnection, a recommitment, and a launchpad for bolder action in 2026 and beyond.”
The event will gather NPAP members, senior government officials, CEOs, development partners, and grassroots change makers in a powerful display of unity and ambition.
The Ghana Plastics Leadership Awards are not just about looking back – they’re about looking forward. Attendees will leave inspired, connected, and equipped to accelerate Ghana’s journey toward a waste-free, inclusive, and circular future.
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