MOSSEL BAY NEWS - The expansion and upgrade of the KwaNonqaba Waste Transfer Station was recently completed, and the facility is again open to the public.
After months of renovations, expansion and upgrades to the facility, it now caters to various waste streams and is licensed to temporarily store, sort, shred, chip, grind and bale waste.
The following waste management activities will be undertaken at the site:
- Loading and offloading of refuse;
- Storage of waste;
- Chipping of clean green waste;
- Sorting and baling of recyclable material.
The waste will be visually inspected before and during offloading to ensure only permitted waste types are accepted. If prior to or during the offloading, any portion of the load is deemed unacceptable, it will be rejected and the transporter will have to remove it from the site.
Waste accepted includes:
- Domestic garden waste;
- Domestic (black bag) waste;
- Recyclables from domestic sources;
- Source-separated uncontaminated recyclable materials such as the cardboard from businesses;
- Domestic e-waste;
- Domestic construction and demolition waste up to a maximum of one bakkie load per person per day;
- Domestic hazardous waste such as used oil, batteries and fluorescent light bulbs.
Waste not accepted includes:
- Hazardous waste other than used oil, batteries and fluorescent light bulbs;
- Abattoir waste;
- Business/commercial waste, including construction and demolition waste from a contractor;
- Bulk loads of garden waste from contractors - this will be diverted to the Louis Fourie Road landfill site;
- Construction and demolition waste in excess of one bakkie load will be diverted to the Great Brak River landfill site.
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