Basket of Waste Services Roadshow heads to Bellville South and surrounds

11 April 2023

The Urban Waste Management (UWM) Directorate’s Basket of Waste Services Roadshow is visiting the Bellville South Community Centre on Thursday, 13 April 2023. This will give residents in surrounding communities a chance to raise any matters and challenges they would like to discuss with representatives from the directorate. 

The following departments will be available for engagement:

• Cleansing Services: Area cleaning, removal of illegal dumping and refuse collection in informal settlements.
• Refuse Collection Services: Emptying the 240l wheelie bins on collection day, the running of the Think-Twice recycling collection service in participating areas, and to find the contact details of the relevant service provider.
• Waste Minimisation: Guiding all stakeholders on strategies to increase waste minimisation and helping to facilitate a circular economy in Cape Town.
• Events and Partnerships: Assisting with once-off volunteer community clean-up events and other partnerships.
• Policy and Strategy: Strategic support, accreditation of waste management businesses, responsible for Integrated Waste Management Policy and By-law and the development of UWM sector plan.
• By-law Enforcement: Waging the war on illegal dumping through enforcement of the Integrated Waste Management By-law. 
  

'Many of the complaints my office receives could have been avoided with more effective community education and engagements. This is the thinking behind the Basket of Waste Services Roadshow. It gives residents a chance to be educated on what they can and cannot expect from the City, so that they can hold us accountable. It also gives our staff a chance to hear about new challenges communities are experiencing, and to consider where extra interventions may be justified,' said Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, Alderman Grant Twigg.

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City of Cape Town, Media Office