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23 June 2026
The City of Cape Town congratulates GreenCape on being named Impact Intermediary of the Year at the African Impact Investment Awards, announced on 11 June 2026 at the Africa Impact Summit in Lusaka, Zambia.
11 May 2026
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate advises residents that refuse collection services will experience delays due to adverse weather conditions.
15 April 2026
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate is intensifying its focus on waste minimisation through recycling, reuse and composting
29 January 2026
In commemoration of the day, the City of Cape Town is highlighting the measurable climate and financial benefits achieved through its landfill gas extraction and utilisation projects.
15 January 2026
As schools reopen, the is encouraging learners, parents, teachers and schools to place waste reduction and environmental responsibility at the centre of school life.
29 December 2025
The festive season sees more celebrations and more food on our tables, which also means more food going to waste
17 December 2025
Tackling plastic pollution is a global challenge
07 November 2025
The City is committed to investing in its Wastewater Treatment Plants
07 October 2025
The City’s home composting initiative is continuing to provide residents with composting bins with new locations announced for October.
23 September 2025
The City marks the strides made to curb carbon emissions and human-induced climate change through its organic waste diversion pilot projects.
12 September 2025
The City of Cape Town’s commitment to organic waste diversion took another step forward today as residents in Khayelitsha received home composting containers
28 August 2025
Mamre, Khayelitsha, Plumstead, Tokai and Eerste Rivier residents can claim a compost bin in September. Remember, only 250 bins will be available at each session.
21 August 2025
Organic waste that ends up in landfill contributes greatly to global warming by producing methane gas
20 August 2025
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate applauds the CPUT for its bold step in leading and embracing a zero-waste journey in the higher education sector.
23 July 2025
The City is pleased to report that our home composting programme continues to create fertile ground for compost culture to take root in Cape Town
25 June 2025
Recently 300 containers were handed out during a Mayor’s Service Blitz event in the Kensington and Maitland communities
11 June 2025
On Wednesday, 4 June 2025, various stakeholders hosted a plenary session to help raise awareness on the Integrated Waste Management By-Law.
14 May 2025
The dredging of Zeekoevlei will commence in June 2025. The project team is making great progress with the preparations
30 April 2025
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate has collected over 550 000 kgs of organic food waste through its pilot projects over almost two years, to help protect the environment and free up landfill space.
02 April 2025
The City currently manages about 2,1 million tonnes of waste annually, with about 31,53% of this waste currently diverted from landfill
25 March 2025
Zeekoevlei is located in the False Bay Nature Reserve, a Ramsar site of international importance for wetlands.
24 March 2025
The better.bellville.together programme
18 December 2024
This festive season let’s all work together to not let food go to waste so we can help protect ourselves from its negative effects in terms of climate change.
04 October 2024
Keeping urban waterways like the Elsieskraal River clear of pollution is crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems
16 September 2024
The City of Cape Town is a proud partner of this event which is bringing together waste professionals and experts from around the globe
08 September 2024
The construction of the City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF) at the Coastal Park landfill is on track.
05 September 2024
Significant strides are being made to improve the water quality and environmental health of the Milnerton Lagoon.
26 July 2024
A total of 80 innovators have been selected to participate in the programme, which began on Monday, 22 July.
25 June 2024
The event will also involve a Waste-savvy Market where SMMEs will exhibit a variety of products made using recycled material.
12 June 2024
This week the City, The Greater Tygerberg Partnership and Cape Peninsula University of Technology launched the collaborative Waste Education Week campaign.
09 June 2024
Recently the City’s UWM Public Awareness team had a series of interventions targeting spaza shops, informing them of their legal obligations around waste management, and encouraging waste minimisation.
28 May 2024
The better. bellville. together. is a City-funded place-making initiative and a pioneering endeavour dedicated to revitalising the Bellville region.
03 May 2024
With the alarming rate at which organic waste is filling up landfills and contributing to climate change.
26 April 2024
The City of Cape Town's Energy, Water and Waste (EWW) Forum recently met with local businesses, to check-in around collaborative efforts in advancing resource efficiency,
24 April 2024
This year, the City of Cape Town's Urban Waste Management Directorate would like to use the platform of Stop Food Waste Day to highlight the top ways to reduce food waste
08 April 2024
The City together with Rusthof Neighbourhood Watch and the Keep Rusthof forum spent Saturday, 6 April 2024, raising awareness in the Rusthof community about the impact of waste on the environment.
28 March 2024
Refuse collection is scheduled to take place as normal on upcoming public holidays.
20 March 2024
The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management (UWM), Alderman Grant Twigg and Sub-council 4 Chairperson, Councillor Franchesca Walker joined the UWM Directorate’s By-law Enforcement Unit.
27 February 2024
A site visit to Coastal Park landfill today showed promise as City officials checked on the progress at the waste-to-energy project on site. Read more below:
25 February 2024
Alderman Grant Twigg, and local councillors joined the Urban Waste By-law Enforcement Unit in the Bellville CBD on 23 February 2024 to check on businesses’ waste management plans.
06 February 2024
Their devotion is reflected in the increasing number of fines being issued for littering, dumping and other waste management violations
28 January 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate would like to urge residents to explore composting and food gardening in 2024 to help divert food waste from landfills.
20 December 2023
Recent years have borne witness to an alarming surge in climate-related catastrophes.
19 December 2023
The City of Cape Town is urging residents of Cape Town to join in the effort to reduce food waste during the upcoming Christmas celebrations
02 November 2023
The City of Cape Town has developed a portal where users can search for private recycling service providers in their area.
01 November 2023
The City has decided to undertake another round of awareness and education efforts to garner a better response to the recent directive for businesses to reduce organic waste.
12 September 2023
Residents in surrounding communities are encouraged to visit the roadshow and engage with representatives from the City's UWM Directorate
06 September 2023
In the coming years, the City aims to restore the lagoon environment through multi-billion rand sewerage and storm water infrastructure upgrades, coupled with on-the-ground pollution mitigation measures.
03 September 2023
The City of Cape Town is continuing to distribute home composting containers to residents this financial year.
20 August 2023
The Basket of Waste Services Roadshow is set to stop at Bishop Lavis Civic Centre on Tuesday, 29 August 2023.
7 August - 11 September 2026, Vasco Estate (Goodwood)
The Recreation and Parks Department is responsible for 201 Civic Centres, including Community Halls, Centres, Recreation Hubs and Multi-purpose centres around the metro.
The City of Cape Town today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA), establishing a multi-year strategic partnership to expand skills development
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3 August - 4 September 2026
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