By Mandisi Tyulu
30 April 2009
The Wasteman Group recently officially opened a new Material Recovery Facility (MRF) at Airport Industria.
The recycling plant can process up to 50 tons of industrial and commercial waste per day, helping to reduce the volume of waste going to the City’s landfill sites at Vissershok in Bellville South and Strandfontein, extending their lifespan.
Mike Pienaar Regional General Manager says Waste collected from industries in the Airport Industria area will be sorted mechanically into plastics, metal, glass, paper and organic material.
Once the plant is running at full capacity it will provide up to 100 new jobs.
“This in itself reduces handling and transport costs, harmful emissions and other impacts such as possible pollution within the local environment.”
“Council’s policy is to reduce, re-use and recycle. Cape Town is the first South African city to adopt a waste management by-law,” Pienaar continued.
During next year’s Soccer World Cup, the City plans to roll out a split bin system in strategic public areas to recover recyclable materials,” he says.
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