About
Waste management is a challenge across South Africa, illegal dumping is found in various areas across all the metropolitan areas as these areas are overcrowded. Though the City of Cape Town has several waste management strategies and services in place for dealing with waste and illegal dumping, illegal dumping continues to be one of the biggest challenges the City faces. It costs the City R350 million every year to clean up illegal dumping. As such, it is evident that community awareness raising, and education needs to be centralized on behavior change, perceptions, and attitudes towards illegal dumping in order to change the prevailing selfish attitudes and behaviors concerning illegal dumping.
There are more than 21drop facilities across the city, built to assist the communities to dispose of their waste material that cannot be put in the refuse bins or blue plastic bags in case of the informal areas. These drop off site are aimed to be located within a
7km radius of each community.
Annual community programmes are implemented at various institutes and on different levels to engage with communities educating and encouraging them to change the manner in which they deal with waste.
Projects
Solid Waste Management
Beach Awareness Programme
Being Waste Smart
SWM Bloekombos
Delft Waste Awareness Project
Waste Awareness & education through drama
Waste Education & Awareness Fisantekraal
Informal Settlement Green Bin Roll Out
Hanover Park Waste To Art Development Project
Waste Management Information Sharing & Surveys
Macassar Environmental Education & Waste Community Workshops
Mfuleni Waste Education & Awareness
Women in Rental Stock Training
SC7 Waste Awareness & Education
Solid Waste Schools Waste Audit
Strand & Gordons Bay Coastal Waste Awareness & Education
Community Waste Workshops & Community Leaders Waste Management Education Sessions
Strand Waste Minimisation Club
Waste Awareness & Educational Programme at Transport Interchanges
Waste Enrichment Opportunities
Waste Education & Awareness Lwandle, Nomzamo & Asanda Village
Marketing of newly openend drop off facilities
Solid Waste Women For Change Programme
Waste Awareness & Educational Programme Klipheuwel
My Space Waste Awarness & Education Programme
Waste Education & Waste Minimisation Programme
200 Schools Waste Education and Awareness Programme
Drop Off Awareness Drive
Waste Education Masiphumelele
Database info gathering and verification
Solid Waste Management Women In Waste