You must use your wheelie bin if you want your rubbish collected

The City of Ekurhuleni has completed the migration from using small waste bins to bigger 240-litre wheelie bins.

The 240-litre wheelie bins have been distributed to residents and remain available at all the metro’s waste management depots for residents who have not collected theirs yet.

Effective from July 1 no waste will be collected if it is not contained in a metro-branded 240-litre wheelie bin.

The metro’s fleet of refuse trucks are fitted with an automated mechanism to pick up the bins and pour the refuse into the compactor.

The municipality is, therefore, urging all residents who missed the mass roll-out to collect their wheelie bins from the waste management depots closest to them between Monday and Friday from 8am to 3.30pm.

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Residents must ensure that they take a copy of their ID and municipal account to the depot to collect the waste bin.

Residents who are in need of more than one bin may apply for such a bin, at an additional charge.

Residents who use the bins are urged to place them outside their homes at 7am on the calendar days provided by the metro.

There are various advantages for using the 240 litre wheelie bins, which include the following:

• Provides more storage capacity than the refuse bin used previously.

• Have a longer lifespan than a bag (approximately eight years).

• Minimises tearing of bags by rodents and stray dogs, and the infestation of rodents.

• Durable to utilise and easy to clean.

• Easy to handle with low risk of being exposed to sharp objects.

• Does not generate water vapour and is made of pest repellent material.

• Avoid continuous acquisition of plastic bags thus saving air space.

• Promotes uniform service standards and cleanliness of the city.

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