Youngsters look into bins for job opportunities
“We want to continue to enlarge our business so we can employ more young people like us in the township.”
The 240-litre waste bins currently being rolled out by the City of Ekurhuleni means different things to different people.
For the city, it represents an opportunity to provide environmentally friendly waste management services.
For Tsakane-based Bafana Magagula, Kamogelo Sekele and Tshepo Mokoena it means a business opportunity.
The trio saw the roll-out of the waste bins as an opportunity to start a business.
They are providing cleaning services to residents and safeguard the bins until owners collect them upon returning home from work.
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“When the roll-out started, we realised there were challenges of theft, and right there we saw an opportunity to start the cleaning service, which in turn addresses the theft issues,” said Sekele, co-founder of Kasi Bin Wash.
“We clean and keep them until the owners are back from work.”
The three entrepreneurs service about 30 bins every week for a fee and collect the money on a monthly basis.
According to Sekele, the business has continued to grow and they have established another service point in a different section of Tsakane, where 15 bins are serviced each week.
“We want to continue to enlarge our business so we can employ more young people like us in the township,” said Sekele.
“We are also aware of the theft challenge in the suburbs, and we are ready to help.”
Sekele, a marketing management graduate from Damelin, is encouraging young people, including graduates, to look at local business opportunities to improve their situations.
There are various advantages to using the 240-litre waste bins, which include:
• Provides more storage capacity than the smaller refuse bin used previously.
• Compatible with the lifting mechanism of the city’s new waste removal trucks, and thus workers do not have to carry bins on their back.
• Have a longer lifespan (approximately eight years) and easy to clean.
• Minimises tearing of bags by rodents and stray dogs, and infestation of rodents.
• Easy to handle with low risk of being exposed to sharp objects.
• Does not generate water vapour and is made of pest-repellent material.
• No need for continuous acquisition of refuse plastic bags, thus saving money.
• Promotes uniform service standards and cleanliness of the city.
Also read: REMINDER: Metro will only collect waste in 240L wheelie bins
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