WBR keeps doors open despite letter

Writer: De Waal Steyn.

Despite an open letter to clients two weeks ago stating that Walker Bay Recycling (WBR) would close its doors for an undefined time due to a lack of support from the municipality, owner Hannes Neyschens this week said he had decided to the contrary.

“We took the decision not to close, but to rather scale back on our operations in order to keep the recycling plant open. We will have fewer vehicles on the road colleting recyclables from businesses and we will no longer be picking up clear plastic bags from sidewalks in suburbs,” said Neyschens.

Although the company is running at a significant loss, Neyschens said that recycling was his passion and he would fight until the last cent before he gives up.

“We are stuck between a rock and a hard place, with the prices of recycling material falling significantly and our running costs climbing. It will still be at least another year before there will be an open tender by the municipality to run the Material Recovery Facility, so we will have to accept that and wait until then,” he said.

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