“The refuse recycling programme Think Twice of the City of Cape Town is finally kicking off in the northern suburbs on Monday 1 August.
This will enable about 44 000 households to do their recycling in the comfort if their own homes. This includes areas north of the N1 – from Bellville east of the Tygerberg Hills to Durbanville, Brackenfell and Kraaifontein and up to, but excluding, the Kraaifontein smallholdings.
Residents have already received letters from the City of Cape Town about the City’s planned separate collection of dry recyclables projects in which residents can apply for a special recycling container in which to put recyclable items.
They can apply for a 130-litre recycling bit at the municipal offices in Durbanville, Kraaifontein or the Bloemhof municipal offices in Bloemhof Street, Bellville from Monday to Friday from 14:00 to 18:00 and on Saturdays and public holidays from 08:00 to 13:00.
These free containers will only be issued to interested residents and are not compulsory. The charcoal container will have wheels and come with a green lid.
The recycling bins will be collected weekly by the City one work day after the official collection day of other household waste.
The project is managed by Waste Plan.
This rollout in the northern suburbs is part of a three-year pilot project to asses the programme’s long-term sustainability and financial viability.
Cape Town’s 3.5 million residents generate up to 6000 tons of waste per day, said Shehaam Sims, the City’s mayoral committee member for utility services.
“With this initiative we can encourage and ensure that not all waste thrown away ends up at a landfile site.” he said.
The recycling bins may only be used for their intended purpose and mixed waste or contaminated recyclables will not be collected, Sims said.
The City has installed radio frequency devices in all bins which will be automatically scanned when serviced, providing the City will valuable data, he said. “All recyclables will be taken to the City’s Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management facility.” ”
Esme Erasmus
TygerBurger Kraaifontein, Page 11
Wednesday 20 July 2011
