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26/06/2008 02:17 PM - (SA) New service rings in the changes for waste removal 26-06-2008
Tseko Mugabane, acting Manager: Collection of Solid Waste, introduced all the role players to the Helderberg Subcouncil on Thursday, June 19. Mr Mugabane said it was proposed that a uniform collection service be introduced with all the trucks going to one specific area in the Helderberg on a certain day of the week to minimise non-removal of waste. Solid waste is presently distributing pamphlets notifying the community of their new waste removal days. Bertie Lourens, who will be in charge of the recycling component told the Subcouncil they were looking at creating about 60 job opportunities. He said the service would be run on much of the same lines as that of the previous contractor, Hlumani Waste. Residents in Gordon's Bay, Strand, Somerset West and Macassar will all receive two clear bags and a brochure explaining the process will be handed out in the last week of June. The recyclable materials will be collected by a truck and taken for sorting to facility in Osmond Road in the Strand Industrial area with Mondi Glass, Petco Plastics and Atlantic collect-a-can as active participants in the project. Mr Lourens said the challenge had been how to deal with the trolley brigade who took what they wanted and left a mess to clean. "We've had six months to find a solution and have asked them to join us, and will pay them more as what they would get from the scrap dealers. The informal collectors will wear a bib and identification and will now be able to collect recyclable materials while being treated with dignity. He said at Pinelands 300 tons of material which would otherwise have landed on the land filling sites, are being recycles per months. For one ton of paper recycled, 17 trees are saved, he said. Alderman Gisela Jespersen said a private businessman had jumped in to fill the gap left when Hlumani Waste ended their contract and that Mr Recycle had signed a lot of contracts to pick up materials for recycling. "You will have a fight to get it all back," she said. Mr Lourens said part of the plan was to uplift anyone who was already involved in recycling. "We don't want any player to be squeeze out and will be having talks with Mr Recycle. There will be a lot of spin-off, and we will pass recycling in the industrial and business areas which are not serviced by our programme on to him. Any person presently served by Mr Recycle, will also be allowed to continue to do so is that is what they want to do."
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