Our Focus

Sanitation

Radical Change Network tackles Africa’s plastic waste crisis through policy reform, community engagement, and innovation. We push for stricter plastic regulations, investment in waste infrastructure, and public awareness campaigns on environmental and health impacts. We also drive local to international collaboration for sustainable, context-specific solutions.

Climate Change

Plastic pollution is now a leading cause of flooding and disease in human settlements. At the same time, rapid global warming is disrupting weather patterns and nature’s balance, threatening all life. This underscores the urgent need to address plastic waste in fighting climate change. RCN promotes systemic change and environmental responsibility to mitigate these impacts.

Our Campaign

#Carry Change

Choose Alternatives

Ghana alone generates around 1.1 million tons of plastic waste per year, with only 5% collected for recycling; however, less than 2% of that material is actually recycled. These plastics take hundreds of years to decompose, and the chemicals used in their manufacture are toxic, causing harm to the lungs and nervous system if ingested.

Our #carrychange outreach campaign targets school-going children across urban centres in Ghana, where plastic dependence is ever-increasing. In these schools, we raise awareness of the dangers of single-use plastics and the need to choose alternatives to protect the environment and their own health. We entreat them to encourage their parents and siblings at home to do the same. Our target is to reach 50,000 students and, by extension, 50,000 households across Ghana in 2026.

425+

Students reached so far with 49000+ to go in 2026.

1000+

Petition Signed so far with 190,000 remaining

Click Here to Sign the Petition to Ban Single-Use Plastics in Ghana

Vision

An Africa sustained by innovative development.

Mission

Our mission is to develop practical and lasting solutions to address sanitation and climate change in Africa.

OUR PROJECTS

Repurposing Problematic Plastics

Our repurposing project develops and highlights innovations that repurpose problematic plastics into valuable products. It involves research and development of new technologies for transforming these plastics into materials for construction, textiles, and other industrial applications. This initiative champions collaboration with industry and communities to create a circular economy model in which plastic waste is continuously reused.

#Carry Change Campaign

Our #carrychange outreach campaign targets school-going children across urban centres in Ghana, where plastic dependence is ever-increasing. In these schools, we raise awareness of the dangers of single-use plastics and the need to choose alternatives to protect the environment and their own health. We entreat them to encourage their parents and siblings at home to do the same. Our target is to reach 50,000 students and, by extension, 50,000 households across Ghana in 2026.

Ghana Plastics Innovation Annual Conference

The Ghana Plastics Innovation Annual Conference serves as a central platform to unite stakeholders across the plastic value chain, including policymakers, industry leaders, innovators, researchers, NGOs, and community representatives. The conference showcases pioneering innovations and projects that effectively address plastic pollution, providing recognition and support to these initiatives.

OUR APPROACH

Engage Policymakers

We advocate for stringent policies and regulations to limit the production and use of problematic plastics.

Mobilize Stakeholders

We are creating a network of stakeholders across the plastic value chain to promote sustainable practices.

Raise Awareness

We are increasing public awareness about the environmental and health impacts of plastic pollution.

Promote Innovation

We encourage the development and adoption of alternative materials and recycling technologies.

Meet Our Team

Meet our amazing team collaborating with partners to drive impactful change in Sanitation and Climate Change.

Edem Abba

Executive Director

Angela Manford

Outreach Coordinator

Caleb Tetteh

Multimedia Specialist

Sarah Agbadi

Partnerships Coordinator

Divine Adongo

Policy Lead

Hellen Sasu

Learning Lead

Our Partners

Our collaboration with these partners helps us drive impactful change in Sanitation and Climate Change.

Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research

Reusable Bags Gh

Let’s Do it Ghana

Environmental Protection Authority

Papperbuddy

TESTIMONIALS

Voices of Reasoning: Hear What Other Concerned Africans Have to Say!

Single-use plastic is not good for the environment.

Emmanuel Agbegbor

Single-use plastics are a glaring example of the problems with throwaway culture. Instead of investing in quality goods that will last, we often prioritise convenience over durability and consideration of long-term impacts. Our reliance on these plastics means we are accumulating waste at a staggering rate. This has lethal consequences.