Cape Town resident to dispose old electronic devices to a City drop-off site
The City of Cape Town is encouraging residents to dispose old electronic devices to a City drop-off site. This is in coleration with the recently celebrated International E-waste Day, on the 14th of October.
The municipality said that
everyone should take take out any, broken or obsolete devices or chargers to
one of the city’s drop-off facilities for proper disposal.
Mayoral Committee Member for
Urban Waste Management, Alderman Grant Twigg said that people often times than
not discarded these items incorrectly. Due to the
small size items such as cell phones, electric toothbrushes, toasters and cameras
people handle their disposals wrong.
The growing concern of improper
disposal, has resulted in an international innervations, with many initiatives
worldwide are undertaken. Twigg said
that popper disposal could be positively effective with the active role and
correct education of consumers.
Electronic products contain
several toxic substances; these have timelessly been proven to create health
risks. Toxic residues can leak and contaminate the soil, air and water,
affecting surrounding ecosystems where the local communities grow their food
and fish.
'It is crucial that residents
are made aware of possible health risks and lost resources when appliances are
disposed of incorrectly. Between government and the private sector a lot of
work is being done to make the proper disposal of small e-waste simple and
convenient for consumers,' said Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste
Management, Alderman Grant Twigg.
by Everngelista Muza
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