LETTER: Cape Town needs a drive to separate rubbish
Failure to process compostable waste separately is a lost opportunity
Our street in a Cape Town suburb has had black wheelie bins overflowing with waste for the third week, uncollected. There is clearly a massive problem with the supply of over-packaging as well as dry waste mixed with wet. As you walk past these bins the sight of plastic and cardboard, and the smell of organic waste rotting in its own juices, is a reminder of a waste separation system that is not working.
We try to separate organic from dry, but it is clear that others do not. Our organic waste goes into compostable bags bought from Checkers Constantia, but then the city cannot collect them separately, so they must have a common destination...
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