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26 maj 2022 · By 2017, “sachet water”—machine-sealed 500ml plastic bags of drinking water—was consumed by 33% of Ghanaian households. Reliance on sachet water has previously been associated with the urban poor, yet recent evidence suggests a customer base which crosses socioeconomic lines.
5 lip 2023 · Despite the work of the FDA, there appear to be hundreds of unlicensed sachet water brands sold in Ghana. In 2022, The Fourth Estate wrote to the FDA for a list of all registered sachet water brands in the Greater Accra Region as of August 2022.
This paper reviews recent shifts in drinking water, drawing upon data from the 2003 and 2008 Demographic and Health Surveys, and provides an overview of the history, economics, quality, and...
Sachet water has risen from obscurity to become one of the most important drinking water sources in Accra in just a few years, and the dominant drinking water source in many low-income neighborhoods.
26 maj 2022 · By 2017, “sachet water”—machine-sealed 500ml plastic bags of drinking water—was consumed by 33% of Ghanaian households. Reliance on sachet water has previously been associated with the...
26 kwi 2015 · Water sachets everywhere: How search for pure water in Ghana has ended in 500-ml plastic pouches. The lower and middle classes finally have access to the same water that was earlier only...
24 maj 2023 · Alongside mounds of discarded water sachets in Senegal’s capital Dakar, a well-known sight emerges from the street. It resembles a tall tower of trash, but this one is on the move. It is ‘Plastic Man’: dressed in waste from head to toe, wearing single-use bags, cups, and water sachets.
