By Yamkela Xhaso
08 August
Metal robbers have again struck in the City of Cape Town’s largest largest refuse transfer station, causing a temporary shutdown of operations and resulting in mountains of waste piling up on the premises.
The Athlone Refuse Transfer Station was attacked by a gang which removed about 1 200 metal clips from the railway line connecting the facility to the Vissershok landfill site which is a 20 kilometre distance away.
Peter Novella of the City of Cape Town’s Waste Management said,
“There are a lot of thefts taking place Athlone Refuse Transfer Station and this does affect the daily transfer of waste and the thousand tons of waste reflect the waste of approximately one million people
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