Environment



 
For environmental information and ideas go to, www.bethehero.wwf.org.za
 

 
This recently launched sub-site,called 'be the hero', has received kudos and has been the subject of editorials in the national dailies.
It is a useful source of information and ideas.
 

 
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Electricity - Power Saving


All South Africans are, or should be, thinking about power-saving.
 
For electricity saving information go to: www.powerofone.org.za
 
Or Eskom has an excellent site Eskom.co.za or, for water heating ideas go directly to that page on Eskom's site
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SWITCH OFF!


 

 

 

 

 

 

e-Waste


What is e-Waste?
 
Electronic equipment, when it is crushed or otherwise, in going into a normal landfill gives off highly toxic gases and other residues
Old computers, monitors, laptops or even cellphones need to be specially handled.
 
Pikitup has specialist e-waste facilties at the Victory Road recycling centre. [We haven't yet tested that facility - so cannot vouch for them]
 
For more information on e-Waste go to: www.e-waste.org.za, the e-Waste association of South Africa, which details Pikitup's sites and other solutions.
 
There is a pilot project at Makro, Woodmead sponsored by Fujitsu/Siemens [although you may drop-off any e-waste there]
[They warrant that any old data will not be read, but you may wish to destroy your old hard-drive with a hammer before disposing of it.]
 
Kindly recount any e-waste experiences which you may have had, to us, by e-mail to: pnr@mweb.co.za


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alien Invaders


Are you harbouring any of these aliens?

Category 1: Declared Weed

The plants in Category 1 are:
Lantana Camara (Lantana); Solanum Mauritianum (Bugweed bush); Ligustrum lucidum berries (Chinese wax-leaved privet); Pennisetum Setaceum (Fountain Grass); Pistia Stratiotes (water lettuce); Doxantha unguis-cati (Cat's Claw creeper); Araujia sericifera (Moth Catcher); Ligustrum Ovalifolium (Californian privet); Cereus Jamacaru (Queen of the Night).
Category 1 plants and trees must be removed and destroyed immediately.

Category 2: Declared Invader

The most common Category 2 plants include:
Rorippa Nasturtium Aquaticum (Watercress); Gleditsia Triacanthos (Honey Locust); Populus x Canescens (Grey Poplar); Salix Babylonica (Weeping Willow); Acacia Melanosylon (Australian Blackwood); Acacia Dealbata (Silver Wattle); Agave sisalana (Sisal Hemp); Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort); Psidium guajava (Guava)).
Category 2 plants and trees may only be grown under controlled conditions.

Category 3: Declared Invader

Category 3 invaders include the following:
Acacia Elata (Pepper Tree Wattle); Cotoneaster Franchetii (Orange Cotoneaster); Cotoneaster Pannosus (Silver-leaf Cotoneaster); Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat); Ipomoea purpurea (Morning Glory); Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda); Phytolacca dioica (Belhambra); Psidium cattleianum (Strawberry Guava).
Category 3 trees may not be planted at all

If you have queries regarding alien plants and trees, call Rand Water's Call Centre on 0860 10 10 60.


 

Pavements


Pavements are for people.

They should be safe, clean and green, pedestrian friendly …


 

Safe

Good to look at

Sustainable

… and part of the integrated transport plan!

Pikitup


Pikitup telephone:

011 712 5200

Report Illegal dumping

Submit a report via the internet [anonymous if preferred]
http://www.pikitup.co.za/default.asp?id=644

Or send an e-mail to illegaldumping@pikitup.co.za

Or phone: Joburg Connect: 011 375 5555


Kerbside Paper Pick-up

Every wednesday Mondi Recycling's truck collects recyclable paper from outside homes.
Portion of the recovery value goes to Hospice and the SPCA.
Ph Toll-free 0800-022112
or if online, go to www.paperpickup.co.za
 

E-Waste

E-Waste Recycling is available at Pikitup's Garden Sites. [site nearest to Parktown North - Victory Road]

Recycling


First:
get everyone in your household to sort waste
[before it goes in the bin]:
 

Second:
Preferably if you're planning to drive past on another journey [westward], or make a special trip.
Every few weeks take the newspapers/magazines and the plastic waste to the recycling centre in Victory road. Mondi staff will generally help you with the newspapers, and the Plastics Federation provides 'cages' for your plastic waste. Consol provides steel bins for glass.
 
The Reward:

or, why not outsource all this. Support one of the recycling companies. Plese note that Resolution Recycling [the familiar blue and green bins which were collected once a fortnight] recently went into liquidation, citing, amongst other difficulties, "people say they want to be green, but don't expect to pay for the recycling services they receive". Going even a pale shade of green requires a committment - do it because it's "the right thing". Do it for your children - and their children.
 

 

 

 

Trees


Do you have any alien trees in your garden?

Category 1:

The trees are: Robinia Pseudoacacia (False acacia); Robinia Pseudoacacia (Black Locust); Acacia Mearnsii (Black Wattle); Melia Azedarach (Syringa).
Category 1 plants and trees must be removed and destroyed immediately.

Category 2:

Populus x Canescens (Grey Poplar); Salix Babylonica (Weeping Willow); Acacia Melanosylon (Australian Blackwood); Acacia Dealbata (Silver Wattle)
Category 2 plants and trees may only be grown under controlled conditions.

Category 3: Declared Invader

Category 3 includes the following:
Acacia Elata (Pepper Tree Wattle); Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat); Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda); Phytolacca dioica (Belhambra); Psidium cattleianum (Strawberry Guava).
Category 3 trees may not be planted at all

If you have queries regarding alien plants and trees, call Rand Water's Call Centre on 0860 10 10 60.