Post festive season clean-up in full swing in NMBM
Published: January 03, 2023<< BACK TO NEWS
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has commenced with the massive work of cleaning up all beaches and Central Business Districts following the New Year’s Day weekend.
Since Monday, 2 January 2023, additional workers were
placed across the beaches to speed up the work, while other workers have been
placed in the CBDs including taxi ranks.
NMBM Public Health Mayoral Committee Member, Cllr Thsonono
Buyeye said: "From as early as 4am on Monday our teams went out to all the
beaches including Wells Estate, New Brighton Beach, Blue Water Bay and all the
beaches in Summerstrand. Our beaches are still full of bathers, people are
still enjoying the holidays. This means our intensified waste management plan
will run until the end of January. Our teams start working after 4am and they
finish at 7pm when people have left the beaches.”
Buyeye said the City encourages the recycling of bottles by
recyclers during this time.
"We have seen a number of residents who take part in
recycling projects using this time to collect their recyclables. There are also
companies that go around our beaches looking specifically for bottles and that
is something we encourage as part of our cleaning and greening campaign to
divert some waste from our landfill sites. Most importantly we want everyone to
enjoy clean beaches and CBD areas. There is certainly no good health in living
in dirty spaces, untidy spaces spoil the fun. So, we plead with everyone to not
litter, they must use the available bins in these public spaces. That way we
can keep our spaces clean and in a healthy state fit for a City that wants to
attract visitors during the festive season,” Buyeye added.
Normal domestic refuse collection continues as per
schedules and residents are encouraged to take out their refuse to avoid waste
pilling up on the streets.
MMC Buyeye condemned the act of illegal dumping that took
place outside the Kragga Kamma drop-off site recently.
"There is absolutely no reason why residents and business
owners insist on dumping illegally outside the Kragga Kamma drop-off site. We
communicated the dates when all our 18 drop-off sites would be closed and there
was compliance in the other areas but that site continues to give us challenges
and this needs behavioural change from community members. We will be clearing
the area today,” he added.
Ends.
Issued by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Communication
Office.
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