Despite some challenges, the City claims that public recycling programmes in Cape Town have processed more than 589,000 tons of plastic since their start in 2004.
Each year, South Africans produce about 40 million tonnes of general waste, only 10% of which is recycled, according to thepublished by the Department of Environmental Affairs in 2018. The other 90% ends up in landfills or waste storage facilities around the country.The South African government lagged behind many countries in implementing public recycling programmes, with its pilot project in 2004 in Cape Town.
“People tend to associate places like this with a dump,” said Dexter Bruce of Lardex Trading, a waste management contractor. “This is not a dump. This is a friendly place, a neighbourly place. We know our customers here.” The plastics are then separated into categories such as clear plastic, green plastic, soft plastic and ‘sticky’ plastic that has been stained by food or dirt. The materials are crushed with hydraulic press machines and made into bales nearly two metres across.
If a material has been recycled, it is sent to a different facility, where it is spun rapidly in circles in a centrifuge, then soaked in cleansing chemicals.
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