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What residents need to know about recycling collection in Parklands/West CoastWhat residents need to know about recycling collection in Parklands/West Coast<img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/City%20news.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /><p>​<strong>The City of Cape Town would like to provide residents with clarity on the recycling collection days.</strong><br></p><p>​<br></p><div>Please note that the recycling collection service will now be rendered every two weeks. </div><div><br></div><div>Households in suburbs listed above have been divided into two groups. Recycling collection will alternate between the two groups each week going forward. Group 1 recycling collection commenced on the week of Thursday, 1 September 2022, and Group 2 commenced on the week of Monday, 5 September 2022. Where a month has 5 weeks, the collection of recyclables will repeat the cycle again and start from Group 1.</div><div><br></div><div>The contractor has been instructed to issue extra bags to residents during the initial contract period to compensate for reduced collection frequency. </div><div><br></div><div>As per the table below, collection of recycling in most areas will continue on the same day that residents are accustomed to, but on a fortnightly bases. </div><div><br></div><div>The changes made are to even the workload by clustering of areas within close proximity of each other. These changes are aligned with the new wet refuse contracts which have been awarded and are soon to be implemented. </div><div><br></div><div>Any further changes to the recycling collection schedule must be approved directly by the Urban Waste Management Directorate as the contract manager, and will be considered based on the workload and contractor’s capacity. <br><br></div><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:33.3333%;"><strong>GROUP 1: COMMENCED ON THURSDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2022</strong></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:33.3333%;">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:33.3333%;">​</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default"><strong>Schedule day</strong></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default"><strong>Suburbs</strong></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default"><strong>Beat boundaries</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Monday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Big Bay and Bloubergrant</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">No change of day</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Tuesday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sunningdale (i.e. changed from Wednesday to Tuesday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Berkshire, West Coast Road, Tyrall Road and Braselton Road</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Parklands North</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Tyrall Road, Braselton Road, West Coast Road and Sandown Road</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Wednesday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sunset Beach <em>(i.e. Change from Monday to Wednesday)</em></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sunset Beach</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Thursday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Duinefontein <em>(i.e. </em><em>changed from Friday to Thursday</em></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Entire area </td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Melkbostrand</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Entire area</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Friday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Blouberg (Sands)</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sandown Road, Wessels Road</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Bloubergstrand</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Otto Du Plessis Road, Coral Road, Watsonia Road and Porterfield Road</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">West Beach</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by West Coast Road, Sandown Road and Bermuda Street</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Bloubergstrand</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Sandown Road, Warwick Road and West Coast Road<br></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:33.3333%;"><br><strong>GROUP 2: COMMENCED ON MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2022</strong></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:33.3333%;">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:33.3333%;">​</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default"><strong>Schedule day</strong></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default"><strong>Suburbs</strong></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default"><strong>Beat boundaries</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Monday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Old Parklands <em>(i.e. Change from Wednesday to Monday)</em></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Sandown Road, Wood Drive, Humewood Dr and Parklands Main Road </td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Sandown Road, Gie Road, Parklands Main Drive and Wood Drive</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Tuesday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Old Parklands <em>(i.e. Change from Wednesday to Tuesday)</em></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Raats Diver, Regent Road, Redcliffe Road, Wood Drive, Parklands Main Road and Dorchester Road</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Humewood, Raats Drive, Village Road Parklands Main Road, Ringwood and Regent Road</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Wednesday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Parklands North</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Braselton, Wood Drive and Berkshire Road and Tyrall Road</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Tyrall Road, Sandown Road, Wood Road and Braselton Road </td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Thursday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Parklands North & Parklands East</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Tyrall Road, Wood Drive and Sandown Road, Gie Road, Bishop End, Koeberg Road and Brompton Road</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">​</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sunningdale</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Berkshire Road, Sunningdale Drive, Wood Drive and Thornhill Street</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Friday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sunningdale & Augusta Village</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">An area bordered by Sandown Road, West Coast Road and Link Road<br></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><div>The City calls on residents to please keep recycling on the property for an extra week rather than mix recyclables with general waste. </div><div><br></div><div><strong>End</strong><br><br></div>2022-09-13T22:00:00ZGP0|#1d539e44-7c8c-4646-887d-386dc1d95d70;L0|#01d539e44-7c8c-4646-887d-386dc1d95d70|City 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