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MOSSEL BAY NEWS - The expanded and upgraded KwaNonqaba Waste Transfer Station was officially opened to the public on 5 March.
After extensive renovations, expansion, and upgrades the facility now caters for various waste streams. It is licensed to temporarily store, sort, shred, chip, grind and bale waste.
The improved facility facilitates waste minimisation and the further processing of waste.
Acting executive mayor, Alderman Dirk Kotzé, officially opened the facility. Kotzé expressed the hope that the facility will also contribute to the management of illegal dumping.
Weighbridge
Open to the public seven days a week, it provides a weighbridge to weigh the waste.
The facility is open to the public seven days a week from 07:00 to 19:00, except for Sundays, when the closing time is 18:00.
Building contractors no longer have to travel to Great Brak River as building rubble may be dumped at this facility, albeit at a small fee applicable to contractors and businesses only.
The public may use the facility free of charge to dispose of household and most kinds of hazardous household waste.
Waste management at the site includes loading and offloading of refuse; storage of waste; chipping of clean green waste; sorting and baling of recyclable material.
The waste is visually inspected before and during offloading to ensure only permitted waste types are accepted. If any portion of the load is deemed unacceptable it will be rejected and the transporter will have to remove it from the site.
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Weighbridge
Open to the public seven days a week, it provides a weighbridge to weigh the waste.
The facility is open to the public seven days a week from 07:00 to 19:00, except for Sundays, when the closing time is 18:00.
Building contractors no longer have to travel to Great Brak River as building rubble may be dumped at this facility, albeit at a small fee applicable to contractors and businesses only.
The public may use the facility free of charge to dispose of household and most kinds of hazardous household waste.
Waste management at the site includes loading and offloading of refuse; storage of waste; chipping of clean green waste; sorting and baling of recyclable material.
The waste is visually inspected before and during offloading to ensure only permitted waste types are accepted. If any portion of the load is deemed unacceptable it will be rejected and the transporter will have to remove it from the site.
Acceptable waste
- 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
- Hazardous waste other than used oil, batteries, and fluorescent light bulbs;
- Abattoir waste;
- Bulk loads of garden waste from contractors - this will be diverted to the Louis Fourie Road landfill site;
- Contractors with more than one bakkie load full of construction and demolition waste will be diverted to the Great Brak River landfill site.
The revamped waste facility at KwaNonqaba boasts a weighbridge, which is behind these councillors, directors, senior managers and staff. The facility is on Mayixhale Street, next to the municipal buildings.
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