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B u r g e r Woensdag 21 Maart 2012
) City rolls out bins to more homes
Recycling phase two ESMÉ ERASMUS
Despite the poor participation of residents in the City of Cape Town’s Green Bin pilot project Think Twice, the city plans to roll out the second phase of the project to another 42 000 households south of the N1. This includes all households east of the R300, north of Old Paarl Road, excluding Brackenfell and Okavango Park Industria. The suburbs included are: Arauna, Belmont Park, Bracken Heights, Eden Park, Eikendal, Ferndale, Morgenster, Morgenster Heights, Peerless Park East, Peerless Park West, Scottsville, Springbok Park and St Michaels. Residents in the second phase will be notified about the project closer to the time. The poor participation of only 55 percent in the pilot project has urged the city now to deliver green lid bins to non-participants’ homes in a desperate attempt to save the day. Of the about 44 000 households in the areas north of the N1 – from Bellville east of the Tygerberg Hills to Durbanville, Brackenfell and Kraaifontein and up to, but excluding the Kraaifontein smallholdings – that were invited to take part in the pilot recycling project, only about 18 000 collected their bins since it kicked off in August last year. According to a report considered by Subcouncil 7 at its monthly meeting on Monday, this “is not only much less than expected, but also negatively impacts both the sustainability of the pilot initiative and the contract’s eco-
nomic viability”. To increase the participation rate, the city has since last Monday 12 March started to deliver the green lid recycling bins to homes in Van Riebeeckshof, Protea Valley, De Oude Westhof, Kanonberg and Welgedacht. Residents will receive an envelope with forms which they can fax, post or deliver at their local municipal offices. Ian Oliver said at the subcouncil meeting the city will continue to deliver the rest of the 26 000 bins in the pilot project to the rest of the households in the pilot area before the end of April. Oliver said the ideal would be that people use a large bin for their recyclable waste and a smaller bin for their normal waste. “The small green lid bins are full in no time, because people are also not flattening their waste enough,” he said. According to Oliver the contractor, WastePlan, only gets paid for every bin that is scanned and cleaned. Bins that are not scanned, are not paid for. Residents in the pilot project may still collect their bins from their closest municipal offices in Durbanville, Kraaifontein or the Bloemhof municipal offices in Bloemhof Street, Bellville. The 130-litre recycling bins easily fit onto the back seat of even smaller cars. The recycling container, as well as the collection service, is free. These recycling bins are collected weekly one work day after the official collection day of other household waste.
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“The small green lid bins are full in no time, be cause people are also not flattening their waste enough.”
Although his face might not show it, Dixie the basset hound was delighted to be part of the SPCA Woefie Wandel that was held at the Nitida wine farm on Sunday. Dixie belongs to Antonette and Duané (four) Knoetze from Durbanville. Photo: Leon Steenkamp