Overview

Bredasdorp has a licenced regional landfill site for household refuse and building rubble. Napier, Waenhuiskrans and Struisbaai have drop-off facilities from where refuse is transported in special containers and deposited at the landfill site. Garden refuse is chipped and converted to compost by a local contractor. CAM recently purchased a chipper machine for this purpose. Cape Agulhas Municipality also has a recycling programme in place. Recyclable materials are collected from households and businesses and deposited at the recycling plant where it is processed by a local contractor and sold to recycling organisations.