Challenges and opportunities for plastic versus mixed waste enterprises in Greater Accra and Kisumu: A qualitative study

Ruby Hornuvo; Eunice Emefa Boafor; Lorna-Grace Okotto; Joseph Okotto-Okotto; Mawuli Dzodzomenyo; Moses Asamoah; Jim Wright

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0350670

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Challenges and opportunities for plastic versus mixed waste enterprises in Greater Accra and Kisumu: A qualitative study

Ruby Hornuvo,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Current address: School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7380-696X

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Eunice Emefa Boafor,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9184-1344

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Lorna-Grace Okotto,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Spatial Planning and Natural Resource Management, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Bondo, Kenya
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Joseph Okotto-Okotto,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Victoria Institute for Research on Environment and Development International, Rabuor, Kenya
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Mawuli Dzodzomenyo,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Moses Asamoah,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2242-6366

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Jim Wright

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: j.a.wright@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8842-2181

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Challenges and opportunities for plastic versus mixed waste enterprises in Greater Accra and Kisumu: A qualitative study

Ruby Hornuvo,
Eunice Emefa Boafor,
Lorna-Grace Okotto,
Joseph Okotto-Okotto,
Mawuli Dzodzomenyo,
Moses Asamoah,
Jim Wright

Published: June 8, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0350670

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