Cape's rubbish bursting at the seams

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Cape Town - In some areas across the province, landfills could be at capacity in less than a year.

James-Brent Styan of the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs said space was fast running out.

“In some areas we have less than a year, before landfills fill up, in others up to 55 years. Some areas are in critical condition and require intervention.

“A constraint is opposition towards new initiatives like regional waste disposal sites and waste-to-energy plants.”
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More at : https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/capes-rubbish-bursting-at-the-seams-14348506
 
SA remains in the dumps as recycling languishes [ opinion ]


According to a recent report by the World Bank, South Africa produces 54425 tons of trash every day, with each household churning out an average of 2kg of waste daily.

The report further states that of the household waste generated, 17% is paper, 10% plastic, 5% glass and 4% metals. Thus 36%, or 0.72g of each household’s waste, a sum of 19593tons of perfectly recyclable waste, is thrown away and ends up at landfills or is illegally dumbed.

Because the recycling effort is not collective and “all-inclusive”, a paltry 1%, or 544.25tons, is recycled.

This with the country’s statistics of 26.6% unemployment, 33% of the population social grant recipients, underfunded public schools, millions spent on general public services and even more spent on supplementary feeding schemes at poor public schools in poverty-stricken communities.
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More at : https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/opinion/sa-remains-in-the-dumps-as-recycling-languishes-14374972
 
The whole world will end up like in the movie WALL-E, simply people don't care enough, governments don't care enough, companies don't care enough, the world just thinks someone else will deal with it.


I wonder how much extra plastic waste is generated in the western cape due to bottled water.
 
We throw out one pick and pay carrier bag size worth of rubbish out in a week in a house with 3 people.

The rest is recycled and composted.

And we take our own recycling to Woodstock depot.

I still think they should start charging for garbage removal by weight.
 
I don't understand the amount of waste some people generate. We are a family of 4 and only fill the big black bin once a month sometimes only putting it out every 5 to 6 weeks. We also have about 6 bags (1 to 2 bags a week) of recycled waste that we put out every month.

It does help having a separate recycling service collecting the recycled waste.
 
absynth said:
We throw out one pick and pay carrier bag size worth of rubbish out in a week in a house with 3 people.

The rest is recycled and composted.

And we take our own recycling to Woodstock depot.

I still think they should start charging for garbage removal by weight.
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I live alone and could easily manage with a rubbish collection once every three months.
Anything that can be recycled I take to the depot at Constantia Village.
I very seldom have left over food (excl curry which is best 2nd or 3rd time round) but anything usable goes to the bergies opposite the pub I visit. One of the bergies is always on crutches and I am amused to see how well he can run without them.

There would be a lot more land available if the council recycled the land wasted on Plumstead, Maitland & Constantia cemeteries
 
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reactor_sa said:
The whole world will end up like in the movie WALL-E, simply people don't care enough, governments don't care enough, companies don't care enough, the world just thinks someone else will deal with it.


I wonder how much extra plastic waste is generated in the western cape due to bottled water.
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i think the movie, idiocracy, is more accurate by looking at things lately
 
Here is a novel idea [video=youtube;-NpN5EEk_TU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NpN5EEk_TU[/video]
 
Western Cape's mounting rubbish problem

. "We have a serious waste problem in the Western Cape. We are running out of landfill space," MEC for environmental affairs Anton Bredell warned in a press release.

The Western Cape generated approximately three million tonnes of waste in 2017 according to the government. The City of Cape Town alone produced almost 7 000 tonnes of waste per day last year, GroundUp reports.

According to Rudolf van Jaarsveldt, head of communication for environmental affairs, the Western Cape is having trouble keeping up.

"The growth in waste quantities is placing a strain on the limited waste management infrastructure," Van Jaarsveldt said. Population growth and industrial growth are driving up waste production.

To add to the problem, 93 out of 164 landfills in the Western Cape had closed, having reached the end of their natural lifespan, according to James-Brent Styan, spokesperson for the MEC for environmental affairs.

An audit found that in 2015 61% of waste management facilities it studied required "major improvements". A Western Cape government report lists as concerns a "lack of cover material, windblown litter, fencing maintenance, storm water management, limited machinery and a lack of suitably qualified staff".
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More at : https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/western-capes-mounting-rubbish-problem-20180519-2
 
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