The Dancu Residents Association, which caters to residents from Dinwiddie, Albemarle (east of the N3 highway), Norton Small Farms (east of the N3 highway), Castleview and Union (east of the N3 highway), is once again urging community members to collect their municipal wheelie bins.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter many attempts to advise community members to make use of metro wheelie bins, there still seems to be many residents who are not adhering to our calls,\u201d said Charleen Kirby on behalf of Dancu.<\/p>
This is despite residents being advised on numerous occasions that refuse bags will no longer be collected by the metro\u2019s refuse collection personnel.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe metro only empties their wheelie bins, they do not take any bags whatsoever, even if they are placed next to the bin,\u201d said Kirby.<\/p>
Residents have always been charged for refuse collection, with the wheelie bin system merely being the new way of the metro collecting rubbish.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the community is urged to go and collect their wheelie bins from the Germiston Waste Department on the corner of Ostend and Jack Pienaar Streets.<\/p>\n
The depot is open from 7am to 4pm from Mondays to Fridays.<\/p>\n
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