Hazardous Waste
Batteries
Drop off in a bucket at Hout Bay Office National, Victoria Rd or at Photo Cabin. Zero Waste team will safely dispose.
CFL Lightbulbs (Mercury)
Drop off in black box at Woolworths Mainstream Centre
Hazardous Liquids
We’re working on this because believe it or not there is no facility for this in the whole of Cape Town !Long Fluorescent light bulbs Constantia Pick n Pay in front of tills
Electrical items
Drop off all electrical goods at the Hout Bay Sorting Centre where they will be repaired or broken down into parts for reusing.
The Hout Bay Waste lobbyists will take steps to introduce a WEEE (see below) in South Africa as was introduced in the UK in 2007. (In the UK As of June 2007, when the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive came into force, all manufacturers of electrical appliances are obliged to offer you a service to recycle goods when they need replacing.
This is great news when it comes to throwing out old TVs, CD and DVD players, as working parts will be put to good use rather than being thrown on the scrapheap.
Building Rubble
There are two skips for building rubble at the Hout Bay Sorting Centre.
1. building rubble that can be crushed and reused.
2. contaminated rubble like ceramic tiles that is sent to landfill. There is a self employed worker who is recovering whole bricks before they are placed in the skip.
These bricks are sold at a reduced fee. Furniture and wood reusing Like with the building rubble there is a self employed worker who is recovering old furniture and wood before items are placed in the skip. The wood items are repaired or reused and sold for a reduced fee.
Dog Pooh
Compost it separately from the compost used for growing.
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