Some folk are just too 'comfortable' to appreciate a good thing, or do they just not care? The latest roll-out of the City of Cape Town's Think Twice curb side recycling system to the Durbanville area is particularly slow on the uptake. Since August 1st the Oostenburg area joined the Think Twice program with other suburbs to have their clean recyclables collected from … [Read more...]
Northern suburbs join curb-side recycling
This month another milestone in the roll out of waste minimisation in our country is reached, when Cape Town's northern suburbs join the Think Twice curb-side recycling initiative to have their domestic recyclables collected and transported to a nearby materials recovery centre. Altogether 38 000 new households from Welgemoed to Kraaifontein, north of the N1, will now … [Read more...]
Dedicated recycling facility for Sea Point
Sea Point now has its own recycling drop off facility too. On 1 December the City of Cape Town's Solid Waste Department opened this new facility at Sea Point Tramway Road. This is the first City drop off site to be 100% dedicated to recycling. Following the resolution of the Mayoral Committee to adopt the City's Integrated Waste Management Policy in 2006, a need for well … [Read more...]
