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New refuse compactors improve waste collection operation
05 Jun 2016 at 08:50hrs | Views
The acquisition of more new refuse compactors by the Bulawayo City Council has reportedly improved the waste collection operations by the city.
The Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima reported that in February 2016 seven new refuse compactors were commissioned.
"Before acquisition of these compactors the department operated with mostly aged vehicles that spent the better part in the workshop undergoing repairs," reads the council minutes. "The newly acquired vehicles were, however, not an addition but were a replacement of the ageing fleet. They brought to fourteen the number of refuse compactors aged 5years and below."
The minutes states that as requested, the impact on service delivery that had been brought by the seven new compactors has been overwhelming.
"Admittedly, the time was short for the impact to be fully realized. No suburb had missed refuse collection since the arrival of the new vehicles and the
department no longer had to rely on the afternoon tasks to fulfill scheduled task. Previously an average of 4 tasks were being done as afternoon tasks due to vehicle breakdowns and usually 1-2 of those late tasks were not being completed by sun set," reads the minutes. "Collection of sweepings in the residential suburbs had improved as at least one compactor was dedicated daily for the collection of sweepings. There was a noticeably improvement in collection of bagged sweepings seen on the roadsides."
The minutes states that it was expected that the arrival of the new compactors will improve the ease of rolling out the community refuse removal project to the remaining high density suburbs.
"Six wards will be placed on weekly collection schedule as from 30 March 2016 and by 31 May 2016 all the remaining wards would have been added," reads the minutes.
The Director of Health Services Zanele Hwalima reported that in February 2016 seven new refuse compactors were commissioned.
"Before acquisition of these compactors the department operated with mostly aged vehicles that spent the better part in the workshop undergoing repairs," reads the council minutes. "The newly acquired vehicles were, however, not an addition but were a replacement of the ageing fleet. They brought to fourteen the number of refuse compactors aged 5years and below."
"Admittedly, the time was short for the impact to be fully realized. No suburb had missed refuse collection since the arrival of the new vehicles and the
department no longer had to rely on the afternoon tasks to fulfill scheduled task. Previously an average of 4 tasks were being done as afternoon tasks due to vehicle breakdowns and usually 1-2 of those late tasks were not being completed by sun set," reads the minutes. "Collection of sweepings in the residential suburbs had improved as at least one compactor was dedicated daily for the collection of sweepings. There was a noticeably improvement in collection of bagged sweepings seen on the roadsides."
The minutes states that it was expected that the arrival of the new compactors will improve the ease of rolling out the community refuse removal project to the remaining high density suburbs.
"Six wards will be placed on weekly collection schedule as from 30 March 2016 and by 31 May 2016 all the remaining wards would have been added," reads the minutes.
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