Trash-diggers the town’s recyclers
When they go through your refuse container by container, they are actually recycling your glass, cardboard and plastic.
They collect plastic bottles, cardboard boxes and glass from your trash … but who are these dustbin diggers?
On a Monday, Kenmare’s refuse is collected, leaving an opportunity for people like Abram Chene to sort through the trash.
“It’s not pleasant going through other people’s trash. But we do what we must to survive,” Abram explained.
Abram, like many others, pull their stacked trolleys up and down the streets of Krugersdorp in hopes of finding precious recyclable material.
Bonita Fourie from Krugersdorp West always put the two litre plastic bottles in a separate bag.
“They recycle our refuse for us, they deserve to be helped.”
The recycling yard pays Abram about R60 for a fully stacked bag, containing:
• 70 cent per kilogram cardboard;
• 40 cent per kilogram glass; and
• R3 per kilogram plastic.
Whether they know it or not, Krugersdorp’s trash-diggers (as they call themselves) are recycling material that would otherwise not have been recycled, and essentially helping us preserving our town and keeping it clean.
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