The City of Ekurhuleni is refining its collection processes by introducing separation of waste at the source in various areas.
This then minimises waste that ultimately reaches the landfill sites. The level of consumption of food, drinks or any other perishables during the lockdown has increased per household and the amount of waste from properties may also increase, while the waste from the industries and firms decrease.
Nhlanhla Cebekhulu, City of Ekurhuleni’s divisional head in communication and media relations, said this is primarily because some residents who are traditionally at work during the day are still working from home.
“This is as many industries and firms have adopted a new way of working, resulting in some employees working from home to avoid overcrowding in the workplace.
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“Informal waste pickers also contribute significantly to separation of waste as they recover more recyclable waste than it is recovered at the landfill sites or any other area of the chain of waste collection.”
In order to reduce the amount of waste to be collected, thus sparing the landfill sites of more waste to handle and illegal waste dumping, households are advised to:
• Separate the recyclable waste from the non-recyclable waste.
• Place the non-recyclable waste in the 240L bin provided by the city.
• Clean recyclable waste and place it in a separate bag to hand it over to recyclable waste pickers.
“A recyclable waste picker or small and medium recycling enterprises will appreciate the waste as they derive income from it,” said Cebekhulu.
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