Guidelines when putting out your waste bags for refuse removal

Govan Mbeki Municipality released the following statement regarding household waste collection and the duties of residents when it comes to household waste collection.

Keep these guidelines in mind when putting out your waste removal bags.

• Residents must firstly repair, reduce or re-use waste generated or taking part in recycling initiatives to minimise the volumes of general waste entering the waste disposal sites.

• Households receive a once per week refuse removal service.

This service is from Mondays to Fridays on a pre-determined day as per refuse removal schedule.

• Residential collection service is provided between 6am and 10pm.

In order to avoid service disruptions, household and garden refuse must be placed at the curb before 6am on the scheduled collection day.

• Refuse not in containers or bin liners, black refuse bags, will not be collected.

It is vital that all refuse is in a tightly sealed refuse bag.

• Your refuse is collected manually and you must follow the 50/50 rule.

A municipal employee must be able to pick up the bag using one hand without the bag tearing.

• All refuse must be placed on the edge of the travelled portion of the roadway.

• On the rare occasions when extreme weather occurs, continue to leave your container or bin liner out on the kerbside as the waste will be collected as soon as possible.

• On occasions where refuse is not collected per schedule as a result of vehicle breakages, the service will be rendered as soon as possible within the next week or the week thereafter.

• Spilled waste as a result of scavenging or animals, torn bags or overturned bins will not be cleaned and removed.

Spilled waste or excess waste must be placed back in the bin by the resident.

It is the resident’s responsibility.

• Refuse must not be stacked over water or electricity meters, under low hanging branches or within one metre of fire hydrants.

• Six 85 litre black refuse bins, bin liners/bags, will be removed per household per week.

The six 85 litre refuse bins, bin liners or bags include garden waste and normal waste.

• Two 240 litre wheelie bins will be emptied per household per week, provided the waste is contained in a maximum of six bin liners.

• Garden waste means waste that is generated as a result of normal gardening activities such as grass cutting, leaves, plants and flowers and does not include branches, soil, rock, earth or building or demolition waste.

• Residents are encouraged to recycle garden waste as it can be turned into compost.

• Garden waste can be transported by the resident or their own service provider directly to one of the municipal disposal sites situated in Bethal, Kinross, Leandra and Secunda.

• Branches and bulky garden waste will not be collected by the municipality.

Also read:

https://www.citizen.co.za/ridge-times/85171/your-rubbish-is-your-problem/

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