Tshwane experiences waste collection backlog
Some area’s waste could not be collected due to the taxi protest that saw some of the key routes being blocked during the demonstration.
The Tshwane metro said it was facing a waste collection backlog following the taxi protest that took place on Monday.
“The taxi strike on Monday, June 22, left many commuters stranded, including our waste management employees who battled to commute to work,” said spokesperson Selby Bokaba.
“Although the City was informed of the planned taxi strike, we did not anticipate that the protestors would stop waste collection trucks from going into areas of operations as well as the unforeseen prevention of access to the waste disposal facility.”
Bokaba said even though the City had put in place contingency measures to counter the impact of the strike, some of the key routes were blocked by taxis during the demonstration.
He said the metro had implemented a catch-up plan to collect waste in areas where operations were disrupted.
“The disruption to the City’s busiest waste disposal site where vehicles were prevented from accessing the landfill for disposal of waste exacerbated the backlog,” he said.
“The obstruction of routes and disruption of waste disposal operations had resulted in various parts of the City being left with no waste collection on Monday, and this created a backlog which affected the waste collection schedule for the week.”
He urged all residents whose waste was not collected on the scheduled day, to ensure that waste bins are taken outside for collection the following day.
“The City wishes to apologise to its customers for the inconvenience caused and to thank them for their cooperation.”
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