{"id":50064,"date":"2020-08-13T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/the-tip-is-flooded-with-rubbish-20200812-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T05:48:20","slug":"the-tip-is-flooded-with-rubbish-20200812-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/the-tip-is-flooded-with-rubbish-20200812-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The tip is flooded with rubbish\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_77ac7fee\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9100\/4627139d745d4395944095e7f6fb39d2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9100\/325c6717adaa40ab824183ecc6eb1d76.jpg\" title=\"Livestock graze on this sea of plastics and other dumped items in KwaLanga, Uitenhage.Photo:THAMSANQA MBOVANE\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Livestock graze on this sea of plastics and other dumped items in KwaLanga, Uitenhage.Photo:THAMSANQA MBOVANE<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>REFUSE bins at a waste disposal site have been bursting at the seams for years. This has left many residents in KwaLanga ward 50, Uitenhage, with few options to dispose of their rubbish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dump serves four wards. There are no other legal waste disposal sites in KwaLanga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to GroundUp, in recent weeks, vacant land near Lambata Street has become a sea of plastic bags, bottles, discarded diapers and other rubbish. There are sewage and clean water leaks across Greenfields, and several more areas of litter in Phola Park and Mandela Village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luvuyolwethu Makedama, ward 50 committee member for the Youth and Education desk, said, \u201cThis ward has been dirty long before the current councillor, Lunga Nombexeza, took office in 2016. When I started to serve in 2017, there was already a heap of rubbish in ward 50\u2019s legal municipal waste disposal site.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makedama said the strewn rubbish attracted giant rats and filled the air with a constant stench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCows have become fond of the litter too. Every day, I pick up Huggies [diapers] in front of my house, as I live across from the dump site. Anyone getting rid of their waste makes use of the KwaLanga site. Even shops in town dump here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makedama said municipal officials at the waste management directorate were aware of the issue. 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