Drone footage | Metro swoops on dumpsite

[caption id="attachment_240207" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The metro confronts Fanus Bezuidenhout at the Fairview illegal dumpsite after he was caught dumping rubbish there on Wednesday. Right, drone footage of the track to the dumpsite coming off Willow Road and running next to Bezuidenhout’s house
Left picture: Fredlin Adriaan[/caption]

The metro swooped on a huge illegal rubbish dump in the Fairview bush this week, highlighting their commitment to putting an end to one of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s worst environmental and public health scourges.

The metro was investigating further and if these indications were proven, further steps would be taken, he said.

Weekend Post tramped around the site on Thursday evening and found a waste nightmare.

Piles of rubbish of every description – household garbage, school stationery, plastic, rubble including slabs of banned asbestos, carpet offcuts, piping, computers and printers, baths and washing machines – were strewn several hundred metres in every direction and several metres deep in places through the alien brush.

Slabbert, who was an environmental law enforcement officer with the former Western District Council, said dumping had probably begun on the site a decade ago.

He said he had discovered it after receiving an alert from a friend in the nearby industrial area who had seen a vehicle driving into the bush.

“We went in to investigate and found it. I put up surveillance cameras and we patrolled the area and checked the cameras twice a day for more than two weeks.

“The resident in the house, Bezuidenhout, drove in five times to offload rubbish during that period.”

The only other vehicle that drove down the track during that period was a bakkie and the occupants had not dumped any rubbish, he said.

Illegal dumping should be reported to the metro via (041) 506-2833 during working hours or on the toll-free number 0800-205-050.

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