New Fisantekraal Community Recycling Facility on the cards

27 October 2025

The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate is progressing with plans to develop a Community Recycling Facility in Fisantekraal to improve access to recycling facilities and reduce illegal dumping for residents in the area.

Fisantekraal is one of the few remaining areas in Cape Town where there is no municipal recycling drop-off point within a 7km range. 
 
The facility will be located on Erf 1985, Dullah Omar Street. It is being designed to accept recyclable waste materials such as paper, plastics, glass, and metals, as well as garage waste/mixed waste, e-waste and builders rubble. All efforts have been made to ensure that capacity is sufficient for the community, however on rare occasions, drop-offs may be subject to available capacity for certain waste streams.
 
This initiative forms part of the City’s ongoing investment in local waste management infrastructure to make responsible waste disposal and recycling more convenient and to divert valuable materials away from landfill.

The design of the facility is currently being finalised, with the next step being to submit technical and legal documentation to the City's Planning and Building Development Management Section. If all goes according to plan, construction is anticipated to be completed in the 2027/28 financial year (FY28).
 
The design has already received extensive public input, resulting in changes to the initial proposed design. Residents raised concerns about potential traffic disturbance along Dullah Omar Street, which led to the relocation of the site’s main entrance to Boy Briers Drive to improve traffic flow and minimise disruption to nearby homes. Additional adjustments were also made to address visual and aesthetic considerations.
 
‘The new Fisantekraal facility will provide residents with a safe and convenient location to dispose of recyclable materials responsibly. By improving access to recycling services, we’re helping to reduce illegal dumping and extend the life of our landfill sites,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, Alderman Grant Twigg.
 
Further updates on the project’s progress will be shared with the community as it advances through the design and approval stages.

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City of Cape Town, Media Office