Pikitup schedule during the festive season released
Pikitup has employed additional workers to ensure a clean city
Pikitup has released a schedule for their refuse collection during the festive period.
Residents whose waste collection falls on Christmas and New Year’s Day are requested to take out their bins on 26 December and 2 January 2017 respectively.
Normal refuse collection, as well as the collection of recyclable materials will take place on 16 December and the garden sites will be operating. Landfill sites and bulky waste collection services will only resume again on 26 December. All Pikitup services – normal refuse collection, collection of recyclable materials, collection of bulky waste, landfill and garden sites – will not be available on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
In an effort to ensure the City of Johannesburg is clean during the festive period, Pikitup has employed an additional 1 085 workers. These workers will be working with Pikitup employees during this specific period .
The CoJ generates about 6 000 tonnes of waste daily, which culminates in approximately one and a half million tonnes of waste annually. With the increased economic activity during the December holiday, a significant increase in the volumes of daily waste is expected.
Festive season waste that is not managed responsibly usually result in illegal dumping, which can become a health hazard as a result of fly and rat infestations. To assist the CoJ to reduce illegal dumping, overloaded bins and the degeneration of open spaces, residents are urged to dispose of waste in a responsible manner.
Residents are also urged to minimise their waste generation during the festive period and practice the three R’s – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Pikitup requests residents to familiarise themselves with their local charities to donate unwanted furniture or clothing that are replaced with festive-season purchases instead of throwing it away.
In the past, people pretending to be Pikitup employees have demanded Christmas gifts from residents, and, in light of this, residents should not give any gifts to Pikitup employees.
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