𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
The City of Ekurhuleni said residents can expect an improvement in the refuse collection this week, following weeks of refuse collection delays in some areas due to insufficient trucks.
According to metro spokesperson Zweli Dlamini, the metro has brought in additional refuse removal trucks and they have had teams working on the weekend and weekdays to help sort out the waste removal backlog in the affected areas, particularly in the hardest hit towns, including Benoni and Boksburg. The city has been slammed for failing to address the ‘long-standing’ refuse removal truck problems at the embattled waste management department. The truck shortage has caused waste collection disruption for up to three weeks in some areas.
“Residents who have not received waste removal services in the past couple of weeks will be notified through all the city’s communication platforms on days on which to take out their bins.”