Page 17 - Silver Lakes July Issue 2024

ESTATE NEWS

GARDEN REFUSE REMOVAL PROGRAMME

he Silver Lakes Homeowners
Association (SLHOA) launched the
TGarden Refuse Programme on 3 May
2024.

This is a programme offered to you, our
residents. It stems from the advice given to
us by the current waste service provider that
the domestic dump sites are becoming very
strict about the dumping of garden waste
in domestic waste landfill sites, and that in
future any truck carrying garden waste from
a non-registered site will be turned away.

The garden refuse is not deposited at a
landfill site, it is deposited at the Mooiplaats
landfill site.
Please take note of the following:
The service provider uses open trucks A monthly fee of R100,00 per garden refuse
for collection to prevent damage to bin will be added to your levy account.
compactors. This is necessary due to the
presence of stones, rubble, recycling and Garden refuse will be removed by a private The following will be collected:
stumps being mixed with garden waste company (Bi-Waste) on a Friday only. • grass and hedge clippings
as they can damage the hydraulics on the • leaves
compactor trucks. Garden refuse bins must be placed on the • plants
pavements before 7am on the collection day. • small, thin branches
To date, we have 670 residents who have • weeds
joined this programme, and we are excited If you have converted your additional 240l • twigs and sticks
to say that more and more residents are black domestic refuse bin/s into a 240l black • fallen fruit
joining on a weekly basis. garden refuse bin/s, the 240l black garden • flowers and house plants
refuse bin/s can only be used for garden
If you have not yet registered for the refuse removal and no longer for domestic The following will not be collected:
programme and you would like to participate waste removal. • Hessian sacks
in it, the SLHOA offers the following options • bricks, rubble or soil
to you: All garden waste must be placed in plastic • plastic plant pots and containers
1. Purchase a 240-litre black refuse bin with bags or recyclable plastic bags (which can • large branches or logs
a garden refuse removal sticker from the be purchased from Builders Warehouse, • Japanese Knotweed
SLHOA at a once-off cost of R666,00. Chamberlain or Makro, at your own cost • wire
Please note that there is a two-week of between R13,00 to R15,00 per bag). The • string
lead time from the date of order as the recyclable bags will be emptied and placed • metal
240l black refuse bins are not a stock back into your garden refuse bin/s. • liquids (for example: paint, pesticides,
item. (Alternatively, you may purchase a weed killer)
240l black refuse bin from Chamberlain, All garden refuse must be able to fit into your • food waste
Builders or Makro and then only apply for 240l garden refuse bin with the lid closed.
an additional sticker). Any garden refuse bags placed on top of your Please note: The removal of bulk garden
garden refuse bin, or next to your garden refuse and rubble is the responsibility of
2. Convert an additional 240l black refuse refuse bin, will not be removed. the tenant or owner of the property. Bulk
bin that you already have on your garden waste or building rubble removal
property to a 240l black garden refuse bin It is requested that garden waste not be can be arranged directly through Bi-Waste
by purchasing a garden refuse removal compacted in the garden refuse bins as at biwaste@gmail.com.
sticker from the SLHOA at a once-off cost this could damage the bin/s and makes the
of R31,00. emptying of the bin/s more difficult. The The SLHOA would like to thank Godfrey
The sticker will be placed on your suggested weight limit per bin is typically and Abram from the Operations team and
additional 240l black refuse bin by the 30kg, above which makes emptying of the Sanmarize, Dorothy and Natasha from the
SLHOA. bin/s more difficult. Finance team of the SLHOA. Without your
assistance, the garden refuse programme
Application forms are available from the Additional garden refuse bins are available would not be the success it is today.
Silver Lakes Management Centre, Silver from the Silver Lakes Management Centre,
Lakes app and Silver Lakes website. Silver Lakes app and Silver Lakes website. The Operations Team – SLHOA

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