The Municipality again calls on Mossel Bay residents to support its waste recycling initiatives, both from a point of view of caring for the environment for future generations, and to ease the pressure on existing landfill areas and refuse transfer stations.
The following items can be recycled:
Photostat paper; laser print paper; computer paper; all writing paper, letterheads and envelopes (regardless of colour); newspapers, magazines, books and pamphlets; all cardboard boxes and packaging material; cardboard displays; clean wrapping and packaging plastic; clean plastic shopping bags; plastic as well as cool drink and milk bottles; all beverage and canned fruit cans; glass bottles and jars (all containers to be rinsed); milk cartons.
The following are NOT suitable for recycling:

Any wet, smelly or soiled materials; diapers; carbons; chemically treated facsimile or heat sensitive paper; ice cream, sweets, biscuit and chips wrapping and packets; used paper towels and paper serviettes; plastic-coated paper; wax paper; tinfoil; cling wrap; polystyrene food containers; cellophane; window glass; light bulbs; neon tubes, porcelain and pottery.

The Municipality is also supporting the recycling of e-waste. There is a facility at the Sonskynvallei transfer station where the community is encouraged to dump e-waste in a designated skip for collection by a service provider. E-waste includes TV sets, home appliances and computers.
There is also a skip at the same facility where used oil can be dumped. It will also be collected by a service provider.
The Waste Management Sub-Directorate of the Municipality can be contacted at telephone (044) 606-5143 during office hours for  any clarity on matters relating to dumping of waste.