The City of Cape Town has developed its first waste strategy to address the considerable issues it has in waste management due to rapid urbanisation, population increase, and changing consumer patterns, Cape {town} Etc reports.
The garbage strategy contains critical steps to address these difficulties, such as draughting a plan for an additional disposal site, engaging innovatively with producers and the official and informal recycling industries, and expanding garbage services to backyard tenants on non-City property. Cape Towns mission is to provide a clean city for everybody, with residents and companies having access to high-quality, sustainable, and economical waste services.
'The future of Cape Town's waste is in our hands,' said Grant Twigg, Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management. 'Sustainably managing waste in Cape Town is a shared responsibility, and residents, businesses and civil society are essential partners in realising the vision of a clean city for all.
'The City is encouraging all Cape Town stakeholders to provide input to the draft Waste Strategy, which covers various types of waste and existing services. Waste is part of our daily lives as we buy and consume products, or experience the effects of illegal dumping. It's a good time for us to reflect on our relationship with waste and how we manage it and what can be done to improve our systems, so we can all work together to keep Cape Town clean and sustainable.
'This strategy is important because it aims to create a cleaner, healthier environment for all residents and ensure that waste management services are accessible, affordable, and sustainable. Ensuring that all residents, including residents living in informal settlements, backyard dwellings and small-scale rental units (SSRUs), have access to quality waste services is critical in transforming the waste sector to be as circular as possible.
