A journey down the waste stream

Every year we throw away enough waste to fill a row of trucks from Cape Town to Gauteng.
This pictorial map shows the journey waste takes from our homes to landfill – or, hopefully, to
drop-off sites instead!

Happy household map

A carbon footprint is a rough measure of how much carbon dioxide, methane and other
'greenhouse' gasses we are responsible for creating. Your carbon footprint is directly linked to
your lifestyle. The more things you have, the more things you use and the more things you do,
the bigger your carbon footprint gets. In our homes, we must reduce our consumption of electricity, water, gas, petrol or diesel and products of every kind. This pictorial happy household map will give you some ideas of how to do so. 

Maps: Drop-off facilities (click on the link below to view/download the map)

All areas. (map)

Adam Tas (Belhar), Athlone, Atlantis, Delft, Fifth Avenue (Parow), Gordon's Bay, Hout Bay, Killarney, Kommetjie, Ladies Mile, Macassar, Morningstar, Ravensmead, Retreat, Schaapkraal, Simon's Town, Tygerdal, Welgelegen, Woodstock and Wynberg.

Please click here to view the list of items accepted by each of the above drop-off facilities.

Refuse Collection Days - Areas

Helderberg: (please click below to see the list of suburbs and map)

- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri (area map & times, PDF, 2 pages)
- Traders (PDF)