New transfer station for Uniondale
The George Municipal Environmental Services division handed over the site for the building of the new Uniondale transfer station last week.
Deputy Mayor and Portfolio Councillor for Environmental Services, Charlotte Clarke, said the George Municipality faces many challenges regarding waste management, as well as recycling. "Therefore I am pleased with this project, which is long overdue," she said. Clarke thanked Aurecon who will facilitate the contract and Artcon that was appointed as contractor.
Clarke said the transfer station will alleviate many of the problems experienced at the George landfill site and will mean a lot to the people of Uniondale in terms of environmental health. The project is expected to be complete by the end of June.
Refuse for Uniondale and Haarlem and surrounding areas will be stored at the transfer station and then transferred to George for disposal at the regional landfill site.
According to Walter Hendricks, the director of community services, all household, business, organic and green waste will be handled at the station in Uniondale. The existing landfill site which is situated right next to the transfer station must be decommissioned and closed.
Hendricks noted that a transfer station has the benefits that there will be no landfill site polluting the soil, a healthier environment will be created which will encourage recycling, and waste will be minimised.