East refuse site to temporarily be rehabilitated due to strike mess
Alternative refuse sites during the rehabilitation of Menlo Park Garden Refuse Site are: Bronkhorstspruit Landfill Site on Zithobeni Road and Hatherley Landfill Site on Solomon Mahlangu Drive, Mamelodi.
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The Menlo Park Garden Refuse Site on 26th Avenue in the east of Pretoria will be temporarily rehabilitated, which will lead to a 17-day closure.
MMC for Environment and Agriculture Management Ziyanda Zwane said the refuse site was facing temporary closure to clear the backlog of waste.
“Tshwane would like to advise residents and clients Menlo Park Garden Refuse Site will be temporarily closed to clear the backlog that was created by the illegal strike.”
Zwane said the site would be closed from November 10 to 26.
He said this was to give employees enough time to bring the site to a normal state of operation.
“The site will be open for operations on November 27. It should be noted that almost all the garden sites are currently overwhelmed as a result of the illegal strike.”
Refuse site users may use the following landfill sites while the backlog is being cleared:
– Bronkhorstspruit Landfill Site on Zithobeni Road, Bronkhorstspruit
– Hatherley Landfill Site on Solomon Mahlangu Drive, Nellmapius, Mamelodi
Zwane said residents and garden refuse site clients were urged to refrain from dumping waste on the parameters of the sites, as it was an illegal activity, contravening the Tshwane Waste Management By-law.
“The penalty for illegal dumping as per the waste management by-law is R5 000.”
The warning also comes after Tshwane went on a city-wide clean-up campaign to sort out illegal dumping after residents were forced to dump their waste at the gates of refuse sites and pavements across Tshwane due to poor service delivery.
The lack of services was blamed on the illegal and unlawful strike which had plagued Tshwane since July.
Zwane also led a clean-up operation at the Menlo Park refuse site after it had caught fire during the strike action. Residents at the time had also illegally dumped their refuse outside the garden refuse site.
[WATCH] MMC for Environment, Cllr Ziyanda Zwane leading clean-up operations at the Menlo Park Refuse Site. The City is working to accelerate waste collection services following disruptions by the illegal and violent Samwu strike. @CityTshwane pic.twitter.com/FrIJryVoEA
— Mayor Cilliers Brink (@tshwane_mayor) September 8, 2023
More cleaning up in Groenklooof and Muckleneuk. pic.twitter.com/BimgagM7uu
— Mayor Cilliers Brink (@tshwane_mayor) October 19, 2023
STATEMENT: City of Tshwane gradually getting back to its waste removal schedule. @CityTshwane pic.twitter.com/p3W06vJzuC
— Mayor Cilliers Brink (@tshwane_mayor) October 20, 2023
🎥 Working together with the City Manager Johann Mettler to address core service delivery matters including fixing finances, patching potholes, improving waste collection etc. pic.twitter.com/pz3kGsbs4y
— Mayor Cilliers Brink (@tshwane_mayor) November 7, 2023
[IN PICTURES] Our teams were on the ground earlier today clearing illegal dumping sites in Pretoria West and in Atteridgeville. Let’s work together to Keep Tshwane Clean. @CityTshwane pic.twitter.com/xJpE9DOJCk
— Mayor Cilliers Brink (@tshwane_mayor) October 22, 2023
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