“Dyer Road has become an illegal dumping ground for garden and other refuse,” he says.
To make matters worse, next to the road is a stream of clean water which runs into the Blesbokspruit. The ditch in which the stream flows, says Reyneke, is sometimes strewn with empty alcohol bottles and plastic holders.
He says if the water gets contaminated due to the refuse being dumped there, it could have catastrophic consequences for the Blesbokspruit.
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“The metro delivers a refuse removal service to the community; therefore, I don’t understand why residents have to drive to a quiet street such as Dyer Road to dump their refuse,” he says.
Although many of the senior residents living in the street pick up the litter strewn all over the place, Reyneke feels it is not their responsibility to keep the area clean.
“However, they don’t want the area to be strewn by litter and say they will continue to clean the street,” he adds.
Reyneke says the bush across the road from Dyer Road used to cover the railway line and the metro came to clean the area about three years ago.
“We have witnessed vehicles with trailers parked in our street offloading refuse and throwing it into the stream of water.
“We cannot pinpoint any individual without the correct evidence, but the next time I see someone offloading refuse I will provide the metro with photographic evidence,” he says.
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He feels that if some residents are trying to keep their street clean, it is wrong for others to come and dump their refuse there.
“If we cut the grass or prune the trees, we take our garden refuse to the Rietfontein Landfill Site – we don’t just dump it across the road,” he says.
When the Addie visited the area, dead flowers and leaves were found dumped on the side of the road, as well as black bags filled with dry grass.
No comment was received from the metro at the time of publishing.
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