The CPUT Green Team has joined forces with the City of Cape Town’s Solid Waste Management Department for a more environmentally friendly campus.
Colour-coded waste bin lids in strategic areas throughout the Bellville Campus, including residences.
The lids are fitted onto bins and indicate which waste should go into which bin in a bid to encourage the students to dump recyclable waste separately from non-recyclable waste.
TEAMWORK: The CPUT Green Team and staff members from the City of Cape Town’s Solid Waste Management Department
The Department of Student Affairs donated the 18 lids and student Zintle Ntshoko, an active member of the CPUT Green Team, says the project is being piloted on the Bellvile Campus to persuade the CPUT community to be aware of separating its waste and apply the three tenets of waste management: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
“We talk to them about the importance of minimising the waste that goes to landfill sites,” explains Solid Waste Management Department’s Neil Swart.
“The problem in Cape Town is that landfill sites are full and they take up so much space that could be otherwise used for infrastructural development.”
Swart adds that dumping litter is a health hazard which should be curbed so that the current generation can inherit a healthier planet.
Written by Kwanele Butana
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