The city has beefed up its waste removal fleet to enhance its waste collection services.

The city handed five out of 10 waste compactor trucks and four bakkies to the Springs, Alberton and Boksburg waste services depots on May 19.
These new vehicles cost the city R38m. Each has a three-year service plan and built-in tracking and telematics systems to monitor driver behaviour and fuel use.

MMC for Roads and Transport Planning, Andile Mngwevu, MMC for Environmental Resources and Waste Management, Leshaka Manamela, and several municipal officials attended the handovers.
Mngwevu encouraged the drivers of these vehicles to take good care of them to minimise breakdowns and provide consistent and reliable service delivery.

On the other hand, Manamela called on officials to prioritise their work and take a proactive stance against illegal dumping. He appreciated the additional vehicles saying, “That will go a long way to assist supervisors on the ground to monitor operations in real time.”
The Boksburg depot received two of the four bakkies, which it will use for management and supervision. The other two will support the city’s landfill sites with ground supervision and monitoring.
Three of the five new rear-end waste compactor trucks went to the Springs depot, and the other two to the Alberton depot.

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