The increasing world population, urbanization, as well as higher standards of living, have been identified as pivotal factors in higher production of waste. In urban Ghana, the official method to handle waste is to dispose it in landfills. The main aim of this investigation was to determine the potential of local recycling of plastic waste from household waste streams. The study was held in a student’s dormitory in Kumasi. After extensive environmental education measures, the proportion of plastic fractions of 37 people's daily household waste, which could be recycled on site, was determined for 22 days using a waste separation system. The results show that with the help of separation and recycling of the study group's waste, in total it would be possible to save an average of 8.6 kg of plastic waste per month on landfills. The findings demonstrate how much valuable plastic waste could be saved from the landfills to obtain secondary raw materials and improve circularity of plastic material. The results of the study contribute to research on the composition of household waste in the urban areas of Ghana.