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Suburbs in Joburg's northwest are being targeted in Pikitup's Separation at Source recycling campaign, which has been running for almost a month.
RECYCLING waste is becoming easier for people in Johannesburg, with a vigorous programme from Pikitup already up and running.
Called Separation at Source, the Pikitup initiative is in partnership with Mondi Recycling. It has begun in Joburg's northwestern suburbs and informal settlements - those serviced by the municipal waste manager's Waterval Depot.
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Residents are required to separate a list of items before their rubbish is collected, which is needed to recycle waste. Newspapers, magazines, books, paper, cardboard, cleaned tins and cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles and jars, and milk and juice cartons must be separated from non-recyclable rubbish and garden rubble.
The project will see the 57 000 households in the area receive additional litter receptacles, ie clear plastic bags for dry recyclable waste such as cans and glass, and an orange Ronnie bag [Mondi's paper recycling initiative] for paper and cardboard," says the acting managing director for communications at Pikitup, Pansy Jali.
Jali encourages people to participate in this "innovative" project, which will help Pikitup determine the best way to implement Separation at Source throughout the city.
First phase
The first phase of the project was the educating of residents in participating suburbs about the recycling project and what will be expected of them.
"Of the 57 000 households in the area serviced by Waterval Depot, approximately 22 000, including 4 332 flats, were reached by a door-to-door education campaign."
The second phase included the handing out of clear bags for recyclable waste and an orange Ronnie bag for cardboard and paper. Stickers were also placed on the municipal black wheelie bins handed out to residents by Pikitup. The first collection of this new system was made on Monday, 2 November.
People are encouraged to not mix waste destined for the clear heavy-duty bag with that which is meant for the orange Ronnie bag.
Recyclable clean paper and cardboard for the orange Ronnie bag includes newspapers, magazines, books, paper and cardboard, while recyclable waste for the clear heavy-duty bag includes cleaned tins and cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles and jars and milk and juice cartons.
"Residents who have not received the additional litter receptacles or a sticker for their black bins are advised that a second round of the roll out is scheduled to take place in the next few weeks, after which they can contact Pikitup for further information," Jali says.
The third phase of the programme will be implemented early next year and will involve, among other things, the roll out of a black bin with a green lid for garden waste.
Timetable
In the suburbs taking part in the pilot programme, on Mondays, the Pikitup crew is in Albertsville, Blairgowrie, Claremont, East Town, Greymont, Linden, Montclaire, Montgomery Park, Newlands, Pinepark, Rooseveldt Park and Victory Park.
Waste is collected on Tuesdays in Auckland Park, Brixton, Coronationville, Crosby, Homestead Park, Hursthill, Langlaagte, Martindale, Mayfair West, Melville, Rossmore, Triomf, Waterval Flats, Westbury and Westdene.
Wednesday is the turn of Amalgam, Northcliff, Horse Shoe, Industria, Janhofmeyer, Mayfair North and South, Newclare, Pageview, Parktown West, Richmond, Riverlea Extension 2 and New House, Vrededorp and Westcliff.
Berario, Blackheath, Bosmont, East Town, Fairlands, Montroux, Northcliff extensions 1 to 13, 15 and 25, Risidale, Valeridene and Waterval Estate has rubbish collected on Thursdays.
Residents of Emmarentia, Greenside, Melville, Parkview and Victory Park can take out their recycle bags for collection on Fridays.
For more information, call Pikitup on 011 712 5200 or visit the Pikitup website.
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