You can help curb illegal dumping
Often people who are dumping their business or domestic waste know that it is against the town's by-laws but continue anyway
Illegal dumping is a scourge that is visible in residential and central business district (CBD) areas alike. Often people who are dumping their business or domestic waste know that it is against the town’s by-laws but continue anyway.
Sidewalks, cul-de-sacs, open fields, in front of and behind business premises; illegal dumping knows no bounds. Several reports of this nature have been highlighted in the Estcourt News during the past months. More recently, a business owner complained of a take-away business illegally dumping waste food in an alley way, several residents complained of the health hazard and eye sore that meat and bones dumped in the CBD posed.
READ MORE HERE: Meat discarded in Alexandra Street
In residential areas, dumping in Tenth and Eleventh avenues have seen property owners pay for waste removal and in Alexander Carr Avenue, property owners became so irate with a businessman dumping that they threatened to name and shame in the newspaper.
We asked Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality about the consequences that people who are found illegally dumping face as well as how the municipality intervenes to curb this scourge. Acting Municipal Manager Ms Z Ndlela responded as follows:
“The following is the process that will be followed in response to the reported illegal dumping:
1. The area will be inspected and an investigation will be carried out;
2. The municipality will issue a notice to the community member responsible for the illegal dumping, giving them a set time frame to clean up the affected area;
3. If the notice is not complied with, the community member will be fined as per our tariffs of charges and all the cost for the cleaning up by the municipality will be added to the bill of the affected community member; and
4. A “No Dumping” sign will be erected if the area is appropriate, e.g. ‘open space’, ‘intersection’ and ‘hidden areas’.”
If you see illegal dumping, report it to the municipality on 036 342 7800.
“Community members are encouraged to report illegal dumping, so that those who are responsible can be brought to book,” added Ms Ndlela.
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