When we wheel out our bins on rubbish day, its contents are quickly out of sight and out of mind. Our trash will get collected, and taken away. Problem solved. Except, of course, the problem has only been relocated. (Most likely to a landfill). Our rubbish is now a city management problem. And the planet’s…
Members of GREEN HOME’s Cape Town team visited Coastal Park Landfill in Muizenberg last Friday and climbed an enormous mountain of trash. These giant trash heaps grow constantly, with 300 to 800 trucks full of waste being added every day! Everything we Throw ‘Away’ is Still Here If you live, work or play in Cape…