The City of Cape Town’s Solid Waste Management department is currently conducting a pilot project within the CCID footprint in Greenmarket Square to help improve cleaning services, says Richard Beesley, manager of CCID Urban Management.
The project initially began on 7 January 2019 in Greenmarket Square, and along Adderley, Bree, Strand and Wale streets. It has been put in place by the City to assess the amount of daily waste including organic and other waste streams, law enforcement in terms of illegal dumping, the placement of the City’s Solid Waste Management bins, and any health-related concerns that could arise as well as other accredited waste providers that operate in the pilot area.
Explains Richard: “As a result of this pilot project, the CCID’s Urban Management department was asked to withdraw all its own cleaning crews and resources from 7 January. We were then asked to resume our services again on 11 February.
“As the City still needs to gather more information in the area, on 15 February we were asked once again to withdraw our cleaning crews and resources. As such, the CCID has withdrawn from the area and will resume its services on 16 March 2019. We would like to assure all our stakeholders that it will be business as usual for the CCID’s Urban Management cleaning teams as soon as the pilot is over.”
Richard adds that, once complete, the assessment done during the pilot will be to the advantage of all stakeholders that fall within the CCID footprint.
“It is important that this assessment is undertaken, and we will all collectively benefit from the end results. As CCID Urban Management, we would like to appeal for patience during this time regarding the standards of waste management within the pilot footprint.”
Members of the public who have queries or concerns between now and 15 March can contact Ighsan Ballim at the City of Cape Town’s Solid Waste Management department. Email Ighsan.Ballim@capetown.gov.za or call 082 744 6833.
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