Locals benefit from clean-up
IVORY PARK – Pikitup has launched a recycling programme in Ivory Park meant to assist in cleaning the area and to educate community members about recycling.
In celebration of Global Recycling Day on 18 March, City utilities and non-profit organisation Maru Ciberconnect launched a new recycling programme.
The City of Johannesburg’s Environment and Infrastructure Services Department, along with MMC Mpho Moerane and Pikitup launched the programme in Ward 111.
Pikitup’s Region A manager, Donald Radingoana, explained that the project was created to encourage community members to join in and separate waste before it gets collected.
“We are launching a recycling programme today, at the same time celebrating recycling. On 22 March, we will be giving the residents of Ivory Park refuse bags so we can start recycling in our townships officially,” said Radingoana.
Radingoana added that with the help of Maru Ciberconnect, they were also going to train community members about all the processes involved in recycling so that they could also start to recycle.
Moerane supported the event and initiative adding that it would help support local cooperatives. “Pikitup has a programme called Separation at Source, we would like to encourage the community to separate waste, and teach them which day we will collect which waste. We do not want to take all the waste back to the waste landfill because the City’s landfills are running out of space,” said Moerane.
He added that Pikitup was looking at working with local waste buyback centres which was why they encouraged people to be aware of their Separation at Source programme.
“We want the community to clean where they live. We will come and pick it up.” Ward 111 councillor Raisibe Matsemela welcomed the project adding that it would make things easy for the community. “Our environment will be clean and our community will benefit because now they will be getting an education on recycling and separating garbage.”
Matsemela concluded, “I am also happy as this will bring jobs. One of the biggest problems we see is dumping next to our schools, therefore we hope this project will remedy that as well.”
Details: Pikitup Midrand Depot 011 357 1378.
