The Urban Waste Management Directorate’s (UWM) Basket of Waste Services roadshow made a stop at the Charles Morkel Community Hall on Tuesday 28 March, which gave Helderberg residents the opportunity to engage with UWM representatives on issues and challenges they were dealing with.
Departments available for this engagement included:
• Cleansing Services: Area cleaning, removal of illegal dumping and refuse collection in informal settlements.
• Refuse Collection Services: Emptying the 2 40l wheelie bins on collection day, the running of the Think-Twice recycling collection service in participating areas, and contact details of the relevant service provider.
• Waste Minimisation: Guiding all stakeholders on strategies to increase waste minimisation and helping to facilitate a circular economy in Cape Town.
• Events and Partnerships: Assisting with once-off volunteer community clean-up events and other partnerships.
• Policy and Strategy: Strategic support, accreditation of waste management businesses, responsible for implementing the Integrated Waste Management Policy and Bylaw and the development of the UWM sector plan.
• Bylaw Enforcement: Waging the war on illegal dumping through enforcement of the Integrated Waste Management Bylaw.
“The UWM Basket of Waste Services roadshow is planned to run from March to November 2023,” said Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, Alderman Grant Twigg. “In many cases the solution to Capetonians’ waste challenges already exists in our communities, but they are not aware of the solutions, or they need guidance on how to access assistance. The Basket of Waste Services roadshow aims to correct this by raising awareness of the work we are doing.
“We encourage residents to engage with our representatives on site around particular challenges their community might be struggling with, to see if there are any services or programmes which can help.”
