Nigel South Africa: Illegal Dumping of rubbish in Nigel

Nigel is a beautiful town. I love it, especially the nature and tranquillity here.

However, there is one thing that bothers me - the illegal dumping of household refuse and building rubble. The outskirts of the town is littered with these ugly ‘human-hills’. It is citizens of this town who are responsible for this - but they do not care. And, they can say what they want, but Nigel’s refuse services are one of the best in Gauteng - so, why bother to litter our town?

I tried to address it but in vain:

I brought it to the attention to the Heraut, community based newspaper for Nigel and Heidelberg.

Here is the email I send to them:

The Editor

I refer to the letter ‘Waar Is Ons Verkeersmanne?” in Heraut of 1 August 2012.

I agree with the writer.

It seems there is a general tendency of lawlessness in Nigel.

1. Stop-signs and other traffic signs are for the birds.

2. Our streets became drag-racing strips or de-stressing zones.

3. Intersections are there for showing who can do the best ‘dough-nuts’.

4. Our suburbs are terrorized by thugs (sorry, I cannot think of a better or more appropriate description) on off-road motor bikes and quad bikes, especially on Sundays. I have no problem with them using the dirt roads around the town, but they are also in our streets, making it hell for inhabitants. Sorry, for mentioning it, but what were two 14 year old boys doing on an off-road bike (‘veld fiets’) in Eeufees Road about three weeks ago when they collided with a truck. What type of parent allows this?

Then there is the illegal dumping of rubbish, just on the outskirts of the town. When I look at the photos attached hereto, I asked myself, are we a civilized society? It will not take long before the entire Nigel is engulfed by rubbish!

We are our Metro police indeed.

After all is said, it is not the responsibility of the Metro police - we as citizens of Nigel should stand together and take back our streets and environment!

Anti-Lawlessness

Here are the photos I send them:

I also brought the matter to the attention of the other local newspaper, Nigel & Heidelberg Rekord by email. Here is the email I send them:

Dear Editor,

I refer to your news report 'Other towns to get refuse bin system' in the Rekord of 31 July 2012.

The people of Nigel are complaining about the bag system vs the bin system as applied in Nigel. I do not know why they complain - the bins take at least 5 bags and sometimes when I clean up my house and garden I have another 2-3 bags additional which I place next to the bin outside and never (in 3 years) did they refuse to take it.

But anyway, I think there are many people who try to spite the municipality (Nigel) by dumping their rubbish in and around the town. Just go and look at the back of Angelo Mall and the adjacent old Heidelberg Road (from the Angelo Mall until it reach the new Heidelberg Road). (See attached photos 01, 03 and 04). Photos 03 and 04 contains old windscreens and this may be an indication the culprit can be one of the few class merchants in town. What baffles me is that there is bank- and cell phone statements lying around with a person's name and address on it. (This person never heard of identity theft?) Then there is the veld at the back of the stadium, also a nice dumping place - see photo 02. At the background you can see the houses. These photos were taken with my cell phone but with your professional cameras you will be able to capture this rubbish dumping better.

What baffles me further is that we are paying monthly for refuse removal, which is compulsory, but we still mess up our environment. And we are quick to point fingers to the municipality for poor service delivery, but refuse removal is one of the strong points of Nigel municipality.

Daily I see this illegal rubbish accumulating and it won't take long before it will engulf Nigel.

We must realize this is 'cut your nose to spite your face', if it is indeed a case of spiting the municipality, which I doubt. I think it is just a case of uncivilized and ignorant people!

Thanks.

Anti-Dumping

Here is the photos I send them: