This plan consists of operational and support strategies, and contains a schedule of projects and activities. The aim of the IWM plan is to give effect to the strategies, to manage and minimise waste, to ensure sustainable and affordable services, as well as to comply and meet the objectives of the National Waste Management Strategy, per the National Waste Act. To read the plan click here. 

The City of Cape Town’s Utility Services Directorate has started with phase two of its Home-Composting Research Project. This is in line with ongoing investigations into minimising waste as part of our commitment to being a Caring City.

The City of Cape Town is pleased to announce that its Kraaifontein Waste Management Facility has excelled and won an award for being one of the most outstanding civil engineering achievements of 2011/12.

The City of Cape Town’s Solid Waste Management Department is hosting a Waste to Art Market at the Company’s Garden, to show how one person’s waste can become another’s art