Some residents in the Randburg area are convinced that dumping of trash and garbage in open spaces is allegedly done by trolley pushers and recyclers.
While they try to make end meets by collecting recyclable materials from suburbs’ dustbins, they allegedly leave a trail of trash in open spaces.
Residents complain that garbage is dumped all over the open spaces within their suburbs, despite numerous clean-ups. One of the hotspots where residents experience this plight is an open space close to the Braamfontein Spruit at the old Parktonian Sports Club complex in Bordeaux.
Residents usually hold clean-up initiatives on Saturday mornings. However, their efforts are in vain as trolley pushers use this open space to separate recyclable material from what they do not need, which they leave behind.
“These guys go through the dustbins in our area but they dump those items that they do not need in the open space,” said Chris Thomas from Bordeaux South Residents Association (BSRA).
“This is hazardous to the environment as well.”
Thomas said there was a need for people to take responsibility rather than just leaving garbage lying all over the open spaces, as is happening in Bordeaux.
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