Cape Town homeowners can apply for a free home composting container, and help the City of Cape Town become a zero-waste society.
|||Cape Town – Homeowners in Cape Town can put in an application to receive a free home composting container and help the City of Cape Town become a zero-waste society.
There are only 5 000 free home-composting containers said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Utility Services Councillor Ernest Sonnenberg on Monday.
He said if residents wanted one, they needed to act fast and apply for a container, which would be connected to their municipal account.
Sonnenberg said the composting container would enable residents to compost fruit and vegetable waste, eggshells, teabags, paper, vacuum cleaner contents, leaves, grass and sawdust.
Applications can be requested through the city’s call centre, or picked up from a local subcouncil office, or walk in centre, email or downloaded from the city’s website.
Applicants would need to provide a copy of their ID or passport and meet the simple qualification criteria.
Sonnenberg pointed out that “only single residences and sectional title properties currently qualify for this roll out”. The homeowner would need to fill in the application, and tenants could request their landlords to countersign the application forms.
Approved applicants would receive the home composting container which comes with a two-litre container for temporarily storing organic kitchen waste indoors, and an information guide.
Sonneberg said he called on all homeowners to support the city’s drive in becoming a zero-waste city.
“I strongly encourage any homeowner with a garden to apply for a home-composting unit as they will very soon see the benefits. Not only will it mean less waste going into your bin and then to landfill sites, but gardens will benefit too. There is also the indirect benefit of saving water, as plants need less irrigation when there is good mulch to protect the moisture in the earth,” Sonnenberg said.
African News Agency
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