In Ghana, solid waste collection and disposal services over the years have become the bane of Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies. Among the obstacles to effective solid waste management in Ghana, inadequate and unsustained financing have been identified to be the most important. To help provide a sustainable means of financing solid waste management in the Kumasi Metropolis, the metropolis has instituted a Pay As You Throw system (PAYT), dubbed City-Wide Solid Waste Collection Levy Scheme. This paper therefore examines the impact of this program on solid waste collection effectiveness. The indicators used were money generated from communities, and solid waste handling since the introduction of the program. It was found that there has been an improvement in the handling of solid waste, and also the program had resulted in increase in revenue stream and a reduction of cost on the central government.
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