A.Wahabii Environmental Limited (AWEL) is a wholly owned Ghanaian Company that has established a Waste Reception Facility in Kpone to collect, treat, and dispose of wastes under Annexes I (oil and oily waste mixtures) and V (garbage) of the International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution (MARPOL 73/78) from the vessels that call into the port of Tema under a contractual agreement with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority.

Aside from this primary venture, it also provides Environmental Services by collecting, treating, and disposing of waste oil and solid waste from other sources on land in an environmentally friendly manner.

On account of its experience over the years in hauling waste oil and solid wastes from the vessels calling at the port of Tema and other sources/facilities, decanting waste oil, segregating and disposal of solid waste on behalf of other companies, AWEL already has its operational yard, tanker trucks, technical know-how and trucks for solid waste evacuation, and waste oil storage tanks.

The company since its incorporation and notices for the commencement of business has duly registered with the following institutions;

a)    Registrar Generals Department (RGD)

b)     Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)

c)     Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT)

d)    Public Procurement Authority (PPA)

e)   Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)

f)  Factories Inspectorate Department (FID)

g)  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

h)  National Petroleum Authority (NPA)

i)  Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA)

j)   Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA)

k)  Tema Municipal Assembly (TMA)

l)  Kpone Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA)   

OUR VISION
The company’s vision is to be a major player in Environment and Sanitation Services in Ghana and also the Oil and Gas Industry as a whole.

OUR MISSION
The company’s mission statement is to play an important and efficient role in the collection, treatment, and segregation prior to re-use or disposal of wastes in Ghana.

OUR CORE VALUES
The core values or principles on which the company operates and manages its facility are Teamwork, Commitment, Professionalism, Accountability, Excellence, and Integrity.

FACILITIES
In order to effectively deliver on our mandate as a company with key considerations to our regulatory obligations, AWEL has actualized the following undermentioned facilities and logistics to carry out its services. These include;

a) Five (5) above ground oil metal tanks each of capacity of 54,000 liters connected together via flanges, valves, and pressure hoses;
b) 13,500 liter underground oily wastewater sump specially designed to hold extracted or rejected oily wastewater with the specification of 15ppm oil residue as per our Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Permit Schedule Conditions;
c) Administration offices for office work and bookkeeping purposes;
d) Adequate Articulator tanker trucks for hauling waste oil, sludge, slop, oily water and bilge water;
e) Adequate Trucks for garbage collection;
f) Skips for garbage collection;
g) A yet to be established laboratory for effluent testing analysis;
h) Adequate Fire extinguishers to fight fires caused by combustible chemicals or materials; and
i) Operational vehicle used by operational staff.